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Opposition figure Moise Katumbi (C) arrives at the courthouse in Lubumbashi on May 13, 2016. Police in DR Congo fired tear gas today to break up a demonstration by several thousand supporters of powerful opposition figure Moise Katumbi as they protested against charges he hired foreign mercenaries. The protesters were gathered outside the courthouse in the second city of Lubumbashi where Katumbi, the leading rival of President Joseph Kabila, was due to face a hearing over the controversial allegations. / AFP / FISTON MAHAMBA (Photo credit should read FISTON MAHAMBA/AFP via Getty Images)

Opposition figure Moise Katumbi (C) arrives at the courthouse in Lubumbashi on May 13, 2016. Police in DR Congo fired tear gas today to break up a demonstration by several thousand supporters of powerful opposition figure Moise Katumbi as they protested against charges he hired foreign mercenaries. The protesters were gathered outside the courthouse in the second city of Lubumbashi where Katumbi, the leading rival of President Joseph Kabila, was due to face a hearing over the controversial allegations. / AFP / FISTON MAHAMBA (Photo credit should read FISTON MAHAMBA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Opposition figure Moise Katumbi (R) arrives at the courthouse in Lubumbashi on May 13, 2016. Police in DR Congo fired tear gas today to break up a demonstration by several thousand supporters of powerful opposition figure Moise Katumbi as they protested against charges he hired foreign mercenaries. The protesters were gathered outside the courthouse in the second city of Lubumbashi where Katumbi, the leading rival of President Joseph Kabila, was due to face a hearing over the controversial allegations. / AFP / FISTON MAHAMBA (Photo credit should read FISTON MAHAMBA/AFP via Getty Images)

Opposition figure Moise Katumbi (R) arrives at the courthouse in Lubumbashi on May 13, 2016. Police in DR Congo fired tear gas today to break up a demonstration by several thousand supporters of powerful opposition figure Moise Katumbi as they protested against charges he hired foreign mercenaries. The protesters were gathered outside the courthouse in the second city of Lubumbashi where Katumbi, the leading rival of President Joseph Kabila, was due to face a hearing over the controversial allegations. / AFP / FISTON MAHAMBA (Photo credit should read FISTON MAHAMBA/AFP via Getty Images)
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A supporter shows a pin depecting DR Congo's prominent opposition politician Moise Katumbi on June 2, 2017 in Geneva. Katumbi filed a complaint with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on June 2. / AFP PHOTO / Fabrice COFFRINI (Photo credit should read FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

A supporter shows a pin depecting DR Congo's prominent opposition politician Moise Katumbi on June 2, 2017 in Geneva. Katumbi filed a complaint with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on June 2. / AFP PHOTO / Fabrice COFFRINI (Photo credit should read FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Moïse Katumbi Chapwe (waving), Governor of Democratic Republic of Congo's Katanga province, stands for the press at a pre-election lunch in Lubumbashi on November 27, 2011. Governor Katumbi thanked international observers and MONUSCO, the United Nations mission in Congo, for their support in the elections, and was confident of a peaceful day of voting. Speaking of an attack early this morning on a military base in the town, he said that 3 people have been arrested of a group of "armed bandits" consisting of around 5 people. AFP PHOTO / PHIL MOORE² (Photo credit should read PHIL MOORE/AFP via Getty Images)

Moïse Katumbi Chapwe (waving), Governor of Democratic Republic of Congo's Katanga province, stands for the press at a pre-election lunch in Lubumbashi on November 27, 2011. Governor Katumbi thanked international observers and MONUSCO, the United Nations mission in Congo, for their support in the elections, and was confident of a peaceful day of voting. Speaking of an attack early this morning on a military base in the town, he said that 3 people have been arrested of a group of "armed bandits" consisting of around 5 people. AFP PHOTO / PHIL MOORE² (Photo credit should read PHIL MOORE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Moise Katumbi Chapwe, governor of the Katanga province, speaks during a visit to the Katanga Business Meeting expo in Lubumbashi on May 28, 2015. AFP PHOTO / FEDERICO SCOPPA (Photo credit should read FEDERICO SCOPPA/AFP via Getty Images)

Moise Katumbi Chapwe, governor of the Katanga province, speaks during a visit to the Katanga Business Meeting expo in Lubumbashi on May 28, 2015. AFP PHOTO / FEDERICO SCOPPA (Photo credit should read FEDERICO SCOPPA/AFP via Getty Images)
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