Church backs Congo protesters, rights group says 42 killed - Yahoo News:
Over 40 people have been killed in days of protest against President Kabila's attempt to change the constitution so he can run for another term in office. A powerful church group is now siding with the protests. “As anti-government demonstrations in the capital Kinshasa entered their third day, the leader of Congo's Catholics, Cardinal Laurent Mosengwo Pasinya, strongly criticized any attempt to postpone a presidential election due next year. Opposition supporters took to the streets on Monday to try to derail legislation that would require a national census before the vote. The opposition says the count would take years to organize in a poor nation the size of Western Europe, although the government denies this...In Kinshasa's main Mama Yemo hospital, witnesses said that members of the presidential guard entered a ward where wounded opposition supporters were being treated and opened fire, injuring several people.”
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Thursday, January 22, 2015
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