ON THE streets of Kinshasa, the raucous, ramshackle capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (drc), it is now difficult for foreigners to walk through markets without being accosted by secret policemen, nor to do so without also hearing from shoppers and market traders how much they hate Joseph Kabila, the country's president. As 2018 starts, Africa's youngest head of state (Mr Kabila is only 46, despite having ruled for 17 years) is also one of the continent's most embattled.
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