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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Joseph Kabila

Joseph Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, came into power following the assassination of his father in 2001. But even before his sudden rise to power, Kabila was a player on the Congolese political stage. Quickly becoming an integral member of the DRC military, Kabila helped his father rise to power before beginning his own rise.

Here’s some things you didn’t know about Joseph Kabila.

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