According to official documents from the Bantu Mining Company registry at the Maputo Legal Entities Registry Office consulted today by Lusa, in addition to Christian Malanga, a Congolese in exile -- with a passport issued by Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) --, the following are members of that company, which operates in Matola, on the outskirts of the Mozambican capital: Americans Cole Patrick Ducey and Benjamin Reuben Zalman Polun.

The three also registered Global Solutions Mozambique in Chimoio, in the Mozambican province of Manica, according to the local Mozambican press.

Dozens of attackers invaded the residences of the President of the DRC, Felix Tshisekedi, and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Vital Kamerhe, in the early hours of Sunday, in an attempted coup d'état, which was quickly stopped by the Congolese army.

The attempted coup d'état was led by Congolese diaspora activist in the United States, Christian Malanga, who was killed by the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo after invading the Palais de la Nation, the presidential residence.

Three Americans allegedly involved in the coup, including the two partners in the Bantu Mining Company, were captured by the Congolese army.

Malanga published several videos on his Facebook page showing a group of armed men in military uniforms in the palace's lobby and gardens.

"Enjoy the liberation of our new Zaire," shouted Malanga in English, while the attackers burned flags of the DRC and carried flags of Zaire, the former name of the DRC during the dictatorship of Mobutu Sese Seko.

The attackers claimed to be from the diaspora and were fighting to oust Tshisekedi from power, according to the local press.

Around 4:30 am (3:30 am in Lisbon), armed men also invaded Kamerhe's residence, causing at least three deaths, including two police officers in charge of the politician's security and one of the attackers.

Security was reinforced in the La Gombe neighbourhood in Kinshasa, where the two houses and some of the country's main government and diplomatic headquarters are located.

The US ambassador to the DRC, Lucy Tamlyn, condemned the attack and expressed "great concern" about the alleged involvement of US citizens.

Armed forces spokesman Sylvain Ekenge told public television that he had "nipped in the bud" the "attempted coup", after suggesting that the attackers were Congolese and foreigners, but without giving details.

Christian Malanga, who called himself a commander and often wore a military uniform, was well known in Congolese diaspora circles in the US for his speeches against power.

Malanga led the New Zaire movement and the United Congolese Party, and had declared his intention to run for President of the Republic.

Born in 1983 in the then Republic of Zaire, Malanga grew up in the commune of Ngaba, in Kinshasa, and lived in South Africa and Swaziland before settling in the United States.

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