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New York Times: Congo Abyss

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"Businessman and Dictator Face Off as Congo Lurches Toward Abyss"---"Once again, Congo is lurching toward a political abyss, and Mr. Katumbi will be a crucial figure in what happens next." ... "Congos next election is supposed to be in November, and its Constitution requires that President Joseph Kabila leave office. But as Mr. Kabilas counterparts across the continent have shown, to varying degrees of success or chaos, constitutions can be tinkered with or simply ignored."----The significance of this newspaper article today is that the growing civil unrest situation in the DRC (home of the majority of the world's cobalt production) is now in the mainstream media, and tus widely read. The article, as brief as it is, can be found at https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/31/world/africa/congo-elections-moise-katumbi.html?_r=0