It was easily thwarted, but Christian Malanga’s amateurish alleged coup attempt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to overthrow the government made it as far as President Felix Tshisekedi’s official residence. How are the government and Congolese citizens making sense of the aftermath?

In this episode: 
Shola Lawal (@Shollytupe), Independent Journalist 

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This episode was produced by Marcos Bartolomé, with Tamara Khandaker, Chloe K. Li, Sonia Bhagat, Manahil Naveed, Duha Mosaad, and our host Malika Bilal. 

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It was easily thwarted, but Christian Malanga’s amateurish alleged coup attempt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to overthrow the government made it as far as President Felix Tshisekedi’s official residence. How are the government and Congolese citizens making sense of the aftermath?
In this episode: 
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<li aria-level="1">Shola Lawal (@<a href="https://x.com/Shollytupe">Shollytupe</a>), Independent Journalist </li>
</ul>
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Marcos Bartolomé, with Tamara Khandaker, Chloe K. Li, Sonia Bhagat, Manahil Naveed, Duha Mosaad, and our host Malika Bilal. 
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.
Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.
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The Take is a daily interview-driven international news podcast hosted by award-winning journalist Malika Bilal. Each episode focuses on conversations with journalists and people directly impacted by the news of the day, offering our listeners the context necessary to understand what's in the headlines.
With millions of global listens, it's clear the conversations we're having on The Take are worth hearing. And critics think so too. The show has won the Online Journalism Awards, the Signal Awards, Lovie Awards, and Anthem Awards, among others.

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