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Cory Booker: Congolese president, Joseph Kabila, has refused to step down since the end of his constitutionally mandated two term…

On the recordJanuary 2, 2018
Congolese president, Joseph Kabila, has refused to step down since the end of his constitutionally mandated two term limit in 2016 creating instability and a humanitarian crisis in which thousands of civilians have been killed and 4.5 million have been displaced.
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey

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Booker discusses the political instability in the DRC due to Kabila's refusal to leave office.

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