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DR Congo police fire tear gas at banned election protest

DR Congo police fire tear gas at banned election protest

Congo police fired tear gas on Wednesday to disperse a protest by opposition supporters in the capital Kinshasa calling for a re-run of last week's chaotic presidential and legislative elections.

The disputed vote threatens to further destabilise Congo, which is already grappling with a security crisis in the east that has hampered development in the world's top producer of cobalt and other industrial minerals and metals.