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Kabila pardons 49 prisoners

    NAIROBI

    President Laurent-Desire Kabila has pardoned 49 political prisoners, including the former Bas-Congo provincial governor, ‘King’ Mizele, PANA news agency reported. Twenty-nine of Mizele’s supporters were also pardoned. Mizele staged a revolt in 1997 calling for the restoration of the historical kingdom of Kongo, PANA recalled. He and his supporters were detained for allegedly undermining national security.

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