#Christian Malanga

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KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s army said it foiled a coup attempt early Sunday and arrested the perpetrators, including several foreigners, following attacks on the presidential palace and the residence of a close ally of Congo’s president that left three people dead in the capital, Kinshasa.

At first, local media identified the armed men as Congolese soldiers but then reported they were linked to self-exiled opposition figure Christian Malanga, who later posted a video on Facebook threatening President Felix Tshisekedi.

Malanga was killed at the presidential palace after he resisted arrest by guards, Congolese army spokesperson Brig. Gen. Sylvain Ekenge told The Associated Press.

Tshisekedi was reelected as president in December in a chaotic vote amid calls for a revote from the opposition over what they said was a lack of transparency. The Central African country has witnessed similar trends of disputed elections in the past.

Ekenge said on state television Sunday that the attempted coup d’état was “nipped in the bud by Congolese defense and security forces (and) the situation is under control.” Among the perpetrators were three Americans, including the son of Malanga, Ekenge later told the AP.

This also came amid a crisis gripping Tshisekedi’s ruling party over an election for the parliament’s leadership, which was supposed to be held Saturday but was postponed.

Clashes were reported Sunday between men in military uniform and guards of Vital Kamerhe, a federal legislator and a candidate for speaker of the National Assembly of Congo, at his residence in Kinshasa, about 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from the presidential palace and where some embassies are also located.

Kamerhe’s guards stopped the armed men, Michel Moto Muhima, the politician’s spokesperson said on the X social media platform, adding that two police officers and one of the attackers were killed in the shootout that started around 4:30 a.m.

Footage, seemingly from the area, showed military trucks and heavily armed men parading deserted streets in the neighborhood as the army said the situation has been brought under control.

Meanwhile, the self-exiled Malanga appeared in the live-streamed video at the presidential palace surrounded by several people in military uniform and said: “Felix, you’re out. We are coming for you.”

On his website, the opposition leader’s group — the United Congolese Party (UCP) — is described as “a grassroots platform that unifies the Congolese Diaspora around the world opposing the current Congolese dictatorship.”

Tshisekedi hasn’t so far addressed the public about Sunday’s events.

On Friday, he met with parliamentarians and leaders of the Sacred Union of the Nation ruling coalition in an attempt to resolve the crisis seizing his party, which dominates the national assembly. He said he would not “hesitate to dissolve the National Assembly and send everyone to new elections if these bad practices persist.”

The United States Embassy in Congo issued a security alert Sunday, urging caution after “reports of gunfire.”

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A Jewish-American man has been sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for his alleged involvement in a failed coup attempt, sparking controversy and alleged conspiracy theories about possible connections to Israeli intelligence agency Mossad.

Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun, a native of Washington DC and father of three, was one of 37 individuals sentenced to death by a military tribunal in Kinshasa for their roles in the botched coup on 19 May. The attempted coup, led by Christian Malanga, a used car salesman and gold miner, aimed to overthrow President Félix Tshisekedi’s government.

Amidst the legal proceedings, social media users have circulated photos alleging Zalman-Polun had ties to the CIA and Mossad. These allegations stem from a photograph showing Zalman-Polun and Malanga outside the Golan Spy Shop, a technology and security supply store in Tel Aviv.

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the failed congo coup leader had links to the isreeli military. video footage has emerged showing christian malanga, the leader of the failed coup in the democratic republic of the congo, visiting isreeli occupation forces in palestine.

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(5 clips) CIA gets busted today in the Congo while attempting to perform a coup d’etat against the Congolese government. The Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) armed forces repelled an attempted coup d’etat involving Congolese and foreign fighters on Sunday morning, a DRC army spokesperson said in a televised address..The army announces the arrest of American mercenaries.In the 2nd clip, you’ll notice Christian Malanga the DR Congo Coup Leader with the Zionist Jewish colonial/ occupation army in the occupied Palestinian territories. Christian Malanga was killed today in the unsuccessful coup attempt. The NY TIMES article we referenced here states that, only 4 days ago, the Biden administration was ready to lift sanctions on the Congo. Of course, they presumed this would coincide with a successful coup attempt. The connections between the genocide in Palestine and the genocide in the Congo are glaring (but these connections extend to many other parts of the world also). The passport photo pictured belongs to the CIA agent who was busted in the failed coup attempt. May Allah give the oppressed success over their oppressors everywhere. Ameen.

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The coup attempt in congo is yet another blow to the decaying us empire. A repeat of the hilariously failed operation gideon.

Christian Malanga (the now dead) leader of the coup attempt was in occupied Palestine hanging out with iof soldiers. anti-imperialism really is the modern lingua franca. Congo said:🔻

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KINSHASA (Reuters) -The leader of an attempted coup on Sunday in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been killed and some 50 people including three American citizens arrested, a spokesman for the Central African country's army told Reuters.

Gunfire rang out around 4 a.m. in the capital Kinshasa, a Reuters reporter said. Armed men attacked the presidency in the city centre, according to spokesman Sylvain Ekenge.

Another attack took place at the nearby home of Vital Kamerhe, a member of parliament who is tipped to become speaker, Kamerhe's spokesman, Michel Moto Muhima, and the Japanese ambassador said in posts on X.

Moto Muhima said two guards and an attacker had been killed in that incident. Ekenge also said one attacker was killed there.

A shell fired from Kinshasa hit the city of Brazzaville in neighbouring Republic of Congo, injuring several people, that country's government said in a statement, adding that one person had been hospitalised.

Ekenge named Christian Malanga, a U.S.-based Congolese politician, as the leader of the attempted coup.

"Malanga was definitively neutralised during the attack on the Palais de la Nation, a certain Aboubacar was neutralised during the attack on the residence of Vital Kamarhe [and] the others - around 50 including three American citizens - were arrested and are currently undergoing interrogation by the specialised services of the Armed Forces," Ekenge told Reuters.

He said Malanga first attempted and aborted a coup in 2017 and that one of the American citizens arrested was Malanga's son.

A Facebook page appearing to belong to Malanga posted a live-streamed video of what appeared to be the attack.

"We, the militants, are tired. We cannot drag on with Tshisekedi and Kamerhe, they have done too many stupid things in this country," Malanga said in Lingala in the video, which has not been independently verified by Reuters.

U.S. Ambassador Lucy Tamlyn said in a post on social media that she was "very concerned" by reports that American citizens had allegedly been involved in the events.

"Please be assured that we will cooperate with the DRC authorities to the fullest extent as they investigate these criminal acts and hold accountable any U.S. citizen involved in criminal acts," she said.

The U.S. embassy had earlier issued a security alert warning of "ongoing activity by DRC security elements" and reports of gunfire in the area.

The United Nations' stabilisation mission in the DRC said that its chief, Bintou Keita, condemned the incidents in the strongest terms and offered her support to the Congolese authorities in a post on X.

Tshisekedi was re-elected for a second term as president in December, but has yet to name a government, six weeks after appointing a prime minister.

Kamerhe was a candidate for speaker of parliament in an election that had been scheduled for Saturday but was delayed by Tshisekedi.

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DR Congo: Uphold Rights, Rule of Law After Failed Coup

Prosecute Participants Fairly; Investigate Possible Summary Killings

(Nairobi) – The Democratic Republic of Congo government should ensure that those who took part in an attempted coup are prosecuted in fair trials, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should also thoroughly and impartially investigate and appropriately prosecute security forces’ alleged extrajudicial killings of coup participants.

Details are still emerging about the attempted coup by a group of about 50 Congolese and foreigners in Kinshasa, the capital, on May 19, 2024. Media reports indicate the attempted coup led to the deaths of at least two security guards and one civilian and that the security forces killed several coup participants. At least two coup participants may have been killed while trying to escape custody.

“The government both has a responsibility to ensure the security of the country and to hold those responsible for the coup attempt accountable, based on international fair trial standards,” said Lewis Mudge, Central Africa director at Human Rights Watch. “The government’s response needs to be rights-respecting, which includes impartially investigating possible security force involvement in alleged summary executions.”

Christian Malanga, a US-based Congolese opponent of the government, the self-proclaimed “President of New Zaire,” and head of a government in exile, allegedly led the coup. Malanga, his son, and other coup participants breached the Palais de la Nation (Palace of the Nation) in Kinshasa, which serves as the president’s office. The coup participants allegedly attacked the residences of the prime minister, the defense minister, and another senior politician.

Congolese security forces killed Malanga in unclear circumstances hours after he seized the Palais de la Nation.

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STILL KEEP YOUR EYES ON CONGO

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There are 500,000 people displaced in the North Kivu province.

On may 3rd the Lac-Vert and Mugunga displacement camps were bombed. 35 people were killed from it.

Also on may 3rd the U.S. wants to have Rwanda revaluated as a UN troop-contributing country because of the breech of international humanitarian law. Yes. THE U.S. said this.

On may 5th, when this information was released to American press, elicited a strong reaction from Rwanda. They rejected it, stating that it was an unjustified accusation and wanted a credible investigation.

It referenced a warring issued by Médecins Sans Frontiéres that drew attention to the HEAVY ARTILLERY placed in the IDP camps by FARDC (démocratiques de líberation du Rwanda. It's composed of an ethnic armed hutu group active in east DRC, and other local armed groups)

Rwanda accused FARDC and the Burundian forces of being deported in Eastern DRC as part of a bilateral agreement with the colongolese government of the deadly shelling.

On may 8th a letter from the DRC was sent to Rwanda and the M23, saying they were the ones responsible for the attack that broke human rights laws.

The DRC urged the council to suspend Rwanda from the UN peace keeping operations until it stops supporting the M23 and withdraws forces from Congolese territory.

The DRC had also reiterated the request to impose sanctions onto Rwanda based on the reportings of a group of experts assisting the 1533 DRC sections committee.

In their June 13th 2023 report, the group of experts with evidence implicating Rwanda was directly intervening inside of Congolese territory to either reinforce M23 combatants or to have military operations against the FDLR

They also found evidence of the FLDR, along with other local groups, have created an entity called Wazalendo to fight the M23. The report said senior FARDC members had coordinated these operations and supported the army groups with logistics, finance, and military equipment.

On may 19th a group of armed men attacked the Palais de la Nation (the Congolese president's office in kinshasa).

Media reports indicated Christian Malanga (a Congolese politician living in the US) was allegedly behind the attack. He had lost his wife, son, and associates during a shootout with government forces.

The Resistance of Vital Kamerhe, deputy prime minister of the economy and leader of the ruling for the UNC party was also targeted. 2 officers were killed in the attack.

On may 22, the national assembly elected Kamerhe as the speaker of parliament. In an appearance on public TV, spokesperson of the Congolese army described the situation as foiled coup.

If I got anything wrong or used a uncreditable source, please let me know.

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Wikpedia articles on participants in the Congo Coup are currently pretty nuts in addition to being sparse in gneral which makes it difficult to find out what Christian Malanga's stated beef with the Congolese government is apart from the vaguest possible complaints.

Knowing nothing about the Congo probably doesn't help

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Court in Congo hands down death sentences to 37 people on coup charges

A military court in Congo handed down death sentences Friday to 37 people, including three Americans, after convicting them on charges of participating in a coup attempt. The defendants, most of them Congolese but also including a Briton, Belgian and Canadian, have five days to appeal the verdict on charges that include attempted coup, terrorism and criminal association. Fourteen people were acquitted in the trial, which opened in June. The court in the capital, Kinshasa, convicted the 37 defendants and imposed “the harshest penalty, that of death” in the verdict delivered by the presiding judge, Maj. Freddy Ehuma, at an open-air military court proceeding that was broadcast live on TV. The three Americans, wearing blue and yellow prison clothes and sitting in plastic chairs, appeared stoic as a translator explained their sentence. Six people were killed during the botched coup attempt led by the little-known opposition figure Christian Malanga in May that targeted the presidential palace and a close ally of President Felix Tshisekedi. Malanga was fatally shot while resisting arrest soon after live-streaming the attack on his social media, the Congolese army said. Malanga’s 21-year-old son Marcel Malanga, who is a U.S. citizen, and two other Americans were convicted in the the attack. His mother, Brittney Sawyer, has said her son is innocent and was simply following his father, who considered himself president of a shadow government in exile. The other Americans are Tyler Thompson Jr., 21, who flew to Africa from Utah with the younger Malanga for what his family believed was a vacation, and Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun, 36, who is reported to have known Christian Malanga through a gold mining company. Congo reinstated the death penalty earlier this year, lifting a more than two-decade-old moratorium, as authorities struggle to curb violence and militant attacks in the country. The country's penal code allows the president to designate the method of execution. Past executions of militants in Congo have been carried out by a firing squad. Read the full article

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US and British citizens among 37 sentenced to death in DR Congo coup trial

Christian Malanga, a US national of Congolese origin, the suspected plot leader, was killed during the attack. from BBC News https://ift.tt/n9tG8SC via IFTTT

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Prosecutors seek death penalty for 50 people implicated in alleged coup attempt in Congo

Prosecutors seek death penalty for 50 people implicated in alleged coup attempt in Congo

Prosecutors on Tuesday called for 50 people, including three Americans, to face the death penalty for what the Congolese army says was a coup attempt earlier this year. Military prosecutor Lieutenant Colonel Innocent Radjabu urged the judges to sentence to death all those on trial, except for one defendant who suffers from “psychological problems.”

The defendants, whose trial opened in June, face a number of charges, many punishable by death, including terrorism, murder and criminal association. Six people were killed during the botched coup attempt led by the little-known opposition figure Christian Malanga in May that targeted the presidential palace and a close ally of President Felix Tshisekedi. Malanga was fatally shot for resisting arrest soon after live-streaming the attack on his social media, the Congolese army said. Malanga’s 21-year-old son Marcel Malanga, who is a US citizen, and two other Americans are on trial for their alleged role in the attack. His mother, Brittney Sawyer, has said her son is innocent and simply followed his father, who considered himself president of a shadow government in exile.

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Procès coup d'État en RDC : Témoignage émouvant du fils de Christian Malanga

Marcel Malanga raconte son voyage au Congo pour retrouver son père après des années de séparation. Lors du procès pour coup d’État en République Démocratique du Congo, un témoignage poignant a marqué les esprits. Marcel Malanga, fils de Christian Malanga, s’est exprimé devant la cour pour partager son histoire et son lien avec son père. « Je me suis rendu au Congo pour voir mon père, je ne l’ai…