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Police Tear Gas Protesters as Congo Opposition Demonstrates
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- Police fired tear gas to disperse protests against President Felix Tshisekedi’s proposed constitutional changes.
- The C64 opposition coalition organized nationwide demonstrations in Kinshasa, Lubumbashi, Kindu and other cities.
- Security forces opened fire, killing at least two people and injuring several demonstrators.
- Roughly 70 people were arrested in Haut-Katanga and about a dozen in Mbandaka.
- Former presidential candidate Martin Fayulu said the opposition may file an international complaint over the violence.
