Congo quells apparent coup against Kabila

From: Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | Date: March 29, 2004| Author: Eddy Isango Associated Press | Copyright information

KINSHASA, Congo -- Government forces put down an apparent coup attempt in the Congolese capital on Sunday, battling attackers believed loyal to deceased former dictator Mobutu Sese Seko. It was the most serious political strife to hit the city since the end of Congo's ruinous five-year war.

The government refused to characterize the deadly firefights as an attempted putsch, but Interior Minister Theophile Mbemba said the attack would not destabilize President Joseph Kabila's government...

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