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Zambia cancels Koffi Olomide’s show for assaulting a dancer

Zambia has cancelled a planned concert by one of Africa’s biggest musicians, Koffi Olomide, in a row over an alleged assault in Kenya on one of his dancers.

It follows the Congolese rumba star’s deportation after footage of him kicking a woman in front of police and camera crews was aired on local media.

The footage of Friday’s incident at Nairobi’s international airport sparked outrage on social media.Koffi olomide 2

Kenyan authorities deported Olomide, 60, and three of his dancers on Saturday to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa, following a public outcry over the incident.

Speaking to BBC Afrique on Friday, he denied kicking anyone and said he had tried to “stop” a “girl who wanted to fight the dancers I came with”.Koffi olomide 3

The video shown on Kenya’s KTN News shows police intervening to stop the apparent attack on the woman.
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In 2012 he was convicted in DR Congo of assaulting his producer and received a three-month suspended prison sentence.

In 2008 he was accused of kicking a cameraman from DR Congo’s private RTGA television station and breaking his camera at a concert in Kinshasa but a reconciliation was later brokered.Koffi olomide 5

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Robert Ngwira
Robert Ngwira
Attended Our Future Private Secondary School in Rumphi from 2006-2009 Holder of Diploma in Journalism from Malawi Institute of Journalism (MIJ) Hobbies, reading newspapers, going out with friends, listening to radio and watching football. Email: info@faceofmalawi.com

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