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Eye on Africa - DR Congo's Tshisekedi hints at possible rule beyond second term

France24 · · 139 words · By Clarisse FORTUNÉ; Antonia Cimini
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“DR Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi says that he would accept a third term "if the people" want it, following a constitutional referendum.”
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Multiple independent web search results (BBC and other news reports) confirm that President Félix Tshisekedi has expressed openness to a third term if the Congolese people approve/want it.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo (French: [feliks ɑ̃twan tʃisekedi tʃilombo]; born 13 June 1963) is a Congolese politician who is the fifth president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, serving…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Félix_Tshisekedi
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly the Republic of the Congo and Zaire) since the country's independence in 1960. The current president is Félix Tshisekedi,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Demo…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Étienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba also Known as Tshisekedi The Father (14 December 1932 – 1 February 2017) was a Congolese politician and the leader of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS), …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Étienne_Tshisekedi
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“a French court orders the resumption of an investigation into accusations that the widow of Rwanda's ex-president Juvenal Habyarimana was involved in the 1994 genocide.”
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The provided evidence for this claim is irrelevant. Web search results are unrelated (referring to a website 'henry.tv'), and Wikipedia entries provide general background on the 1994 genocide and Juvénal Habyarimana but do not mention a recent French court order regarding his widow.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On the evening of 6 April 1994, the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira, both Hutu, was shot down with surface-to-air missiles as their j…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Juvénal_Habya…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Juvénal Habyarimana (Kinyarwanda: [hɑβɟɑːɾímɑ̂ːnɑ]; French: [ʒyvenal abjaʁimana]; 8 March 1937 – 6 April 1994) was a Rwandan politician and military officer who was the second president of Rwanda, fro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juvénal_Habyarimana
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Rwandan Civil War was a large-scale civil war in Rwanda which was fought between the Rwandan Armed Forces, representing the country's government, and the rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) from 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Civil_War
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“new allegations of secret detentions and abuse are emerging from Burkina Faso, where authorities are accused of holding a prominent investigative journalist in a covert facility.”
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The provided evidence is entirely irrelevant. Web search results are dictionary definitions of the word 'authorities', and Wikipedia entries provide general information about the Burkina Faso military and history, but there is no mention of a journalist being held in a covert facility.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara (21 December 1949 – 15 October 1987) was a Burkinabé military officer, Marxist and Pan-Africanist revolutionary who, following his takeover in a coup, remained in power as …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Sankara
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Burkina Faso Armed Forces (French: Forces armées du Burkina Faso) are the military of Burkina Faso. The service branches of the armed forces include its Army, the Central Army Group, the Air Force…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkina_Faso_Armed_Forces
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An ongoing war and civil conflict between the Government of Burkina Faso and Jihadist African wings of Al-Qaeda began in August 2015 and has led to the displacement of over 2 million people and the de…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_insurgency_in_Burkina…
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