DR Congo
African Union Warns Against Territorial Break-Up Of DR Congo
The African Union warned Sunday against the break-up of the Democratic Republic of Congo, two days after the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group entered a second city in the country’s east. “We don’t want a balkanisation of eastern DRC,” the AU’s Peace and Security Commissioner Bankole Adeoye told reporters. Without naming Rwanda, he added: “We are […]
Re-elected DR Congo president Tshisekedi to be sworn in today
Felix Tshisekedi, the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is scheduled to take office on Saturday for a second five-year term following a landslide of elections that the opposition has denounced as fraudulent and called for protests. The ceremony will take place at Kinshasa’s 80,000-seat Martyrs sports stadium, which is the preferred venue […]
DR Congo’s President Tshisekedi wins second term in landslide victory
DR Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi has won a second term in office with a landslide victory, according to provisional results announced Sunday, in a vote opposition leaders have dismissed as a “sham”. Provisional results from the single-round presidential ballot, declared by the country’s electoral commission Ceni, showed that Tshisekedi had won 73 per cent of […]