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DR Congo protests turn violent as two killed at opposition rally

By AFP
South Africa Congolese police patrol the streets of Goma in 2012.  By Phil Moore AFP
MAY 26, 2016 LISTEN
Congolese police patrol the streets of Goma in 2012. By Phil Moore (AFP)

Kinshasa (AFP) - A DR Congo policewoman and a demonstrator died Thursday in the eastern city of Goma in clashes as nationwide protests erupted against long-serving President Joseph Kabila, a senior UN official said.

"A policewoman was killed by the crowd and a protestor was also killed," Jose Maria Ajanaz, who heads the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) in the mineral-rich but deeply restive Central African nation, told AFP.

But Goma's police chief told AFP there had been no police deaths.

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