When did Joseph Kabila take office after his father's assassination?
Immediately the same day
One month later
One year later
Ten days after
Answer
Joseph Kabila became the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ten days after his father's assassination. He was only 29 years old at the time, making him the youngest head of state in the world. Kabila's father, Laurent Kabila, had been president since 1997, when he led a rebel group to overthrow the country's former dictator, Mobutu Sese Seko.
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