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Reflections from the DRC

SJ Cooper-Knock7 years ago5 years ago

20th December 2016 16:00

With growing contestation surrounding President Kabila term, Pat Stys from the University of Edinburgh spoke to citizens in the Democratic Republic of Congo to get their reflections and hopes for the future.

http://democracyinafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Kinshasa.mp3

 

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