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Botswana has urged the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, to step down.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n

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The foreign ministry said the situation is DR Congo is particularly bad “because its leader has persistently delayed holding elections, and has lost control over the security of his country”.<\/p>\n

Government troops have clashed with opposition supporters following the refusal of President Mr Kabila to leave office.<\/p>\n

He took power in 2001 after his father’s assassination and had been expected to step down in 2016.<\/p>\n

He has however reneged on two deals to get him to leave office.<\/p>\n

Another deal has set December this year as the deadline for him to hand over power but opposition supporters suspect that he will not.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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