How Did a Pair of Football Buddies From Utah Join a Coup in the Congo?
Marcel Malanga, 21, and his friend Tyler Thompson, with no prior military experience, stand among rebel soldiers during an assault on the Palais de la Nation in the DRC.
DR Congo spares three convicted US coup accomplices of capital punishment
"President Felix Tshisekedi has commuted the death sentences of three US citizens involved in a botched coup attempt, reducing their punishment to life imprisonment."
Briton and Americans among 37 given death sentence over DRC coup attempt
The trial concluded with 37 sentenced to death, including a Briton and three Americans, for their involvement in an attempted coup that left six dead, showcasing a significant political crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.