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Kabila plans major shake-up for his Front Commun pour le Congo

Joseph Kabila, former president of the DRC. © Justin Lane/EPA/MaxPPP

Joseph Kabila may have been pushed to the sidelines, but he is far from done with Congolese politics. He was marginalised when many of his MPs defected to support his successor Félix Tshisekedi. But the former president is trying to regain his footing by overhauling his political party. [...] (405 words)

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