U.S. citizens Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun, left, Marcel Malanga and Tyler Thompson Jr. appear in court in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Friday, on charges of taking part in a coup attempt in May. A military court in Congo, one of Africa’s largest countries, has convicted three Americans and dozens of others of taking part in a coup attempt and …
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — The family of an American caught up in a failed coup attempt in Congo said their son was in Africa on vacation with family friends and had not previously engaged in political activism, according to a statement provided to The Associated Press. “We are stunned and heartbroken by the videos we have seen from the …
Congo’s army spokesman on Tuesday released the name of the third American involved a foiled coup plot in Kinshasa, while family members in Utah gathered to mourn Christian Malanga, the eccentric leader of the brazen and ill-fated attack targeting the presidential palace over the weekend. American businessman Cole Ducey, also named as an official in the mining company in the …
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