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Kinshasa suspends Fils Mukoko after controversial video remarks

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Provincial minister Léon Mulumba has suspended Fils Mukoko from his duties as acting director-general of the Kinshasa Sanitation Authority, citing a serious breach of his professional obligations. The measure is also intended to preserve judicial investigations opened after a video was circulated in which Mukoko allegedly threatened Western workers in the DRC and called for the population to be armed, Lepotentiel reports.

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