Tensions mount in DR Congo as end of Kabila's term nears

[WorldNews]

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Security forces patrolled the tense streets of Kinshasa on Sunday after the suspension of last-ditch talks to find a peaceful way out of the nation's political crisis sparked by the end of President Joseph Kabila's mandate. Negotiations to agree a way forward for the Democratic Republic of Congo after December 20, when Kabila's second term finishes, were halted on Saturday with no significant progress made. Fears of fresh political violence in mineral-rich but unstable Congo were running high, with no elections planned and Kabila showing no inclination to step down.

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