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How did Joseph Kabila's father, President Laurent-Désiré Kabila, pass away?

  • Natural causes

  • Assassination

  • Accident

  • Disease

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Laurent-Désiré Kabila was the first president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He was assassinated in January 2001 by his bodyguard, who was later executed. Kabila's assassination was widely seen as a blow to the stability of the DRC, and it led to a period of political instability and violence in the country.
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