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Which dictator personally took part in suppressing a student protest in April 1979?

  • Patrice Lumumba

  • Mobutu Sese Seko

  • François Bozizé

  • Jean-Bédel Bokassa

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Jean-Bédel Bokassa was a dictator who ruled the Central African Republic from 1966 to 1979. In April 1979, he personally took part in suppressing a student protest in the capital city of Bangui. He ordered the troops to fire on the protesters, killing many of them. The incident led to international condemnation and Bokassa was eventually overthrown in a coup d'état in 1979.
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