Africa in December: Electoral mayhem in the DRC, the violent suppression of seething Sudanese, and more (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News January 9, 2019

Rising post-election tension in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Togo elections boycotted, protests in Sudan brutally quelled by the army, and a South African politician's personal attack on journalists.
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