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The armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo said on Sunday that a coup attempt in the capital of Kinshasa was thwarted, and several “foreigners” were under arrest.Ekenge said the coup was led by a “naturalized American” named Christian Malanga, who was killed along with three co-conspirators. Most of the other would-be coup members were taken into custody, including three Americans and one British citizen.
The Congolese Republican Guard diverts traffic from the scene of an attempted Coup in Kinshasa on May 19, 2024. President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi as the “President of New Zaire” and leader of a government-in-exile. According to his self-approved biography, he obtained American citizenship as a child but returned to the DRC several times as an adult. He rose to the rank of captain in the DRC army and ran for parliament in 2011, only to be arrested by then-President Kabila.
“He indicated he had the support of the Americans, but we realize that he didn’t really have any,” one of the detainees said of Malanga’s coup plot. “Please be assured that we will cooperate with the DRC authorities to the fullest extent as they investigate these criminal acts and hold accountable any U.S. citizen involved in criminal acts,” Tamlyn said.
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