Failed coup attempt in Congo

Armed gunmen with machetes attacked Congo's presidential residence, in an attempted coup that left nine people dead after a shoot-out. The president and his wife were not home at the time of the attack. President Joseph Kabila Communications minister Lambert Mende appeared on national television later and said the situation was under control. "These people wanted to physically harm the president, but the country and all its institutions are functioning normally," Mr Mende said. He said some of the assailants had been killed and wounded, while others were arrested. A witness near the presidential residence reported seeing the bodies of...