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Congo-Kinshasa: Election Date Set for December 2018
VOA, 6 November 2017
The Democratic Republic of Congo's long-awaited presidential elections have been scheduled for December of 2018, the Electoral Commission president announced Sunday. Read more »
DR Congo's Election Date Set for December 2018
The country was due to have elections this year, but the national elections commissioner has said this is impossible due to the ongoing conflict in the Kasai region.
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Congo-Kinshasa: Presidential Election Date Set for December 2018
DW, 6 November 2017
Congo's electoral commission has said a long-awaited presidential vote will take place in late December 2018. Critics have long accused President Joseph Kabila of postponing the… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: UN Sounds Alarm on Humanitarian Crisis in Kasai
VOA, 3 November 2017
An official from the United Nations' World Food Program has issued a warning about the situation in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where conflict has left 3.2… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Pregnant Mothers Dying in DRC Ethnic Conflicts
CAJ News, 6 November 2017
PREGNANT women in regions torn apart by ethnic clashes are dying during delivery as conflicts make hospitals inaccessible. At least three women have died in Kabeké in the… Read more »
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Political uncertainty, divisions between government and opposition, combined with escalating violence in many provinces have set the country on a dangerous path, warns ... Read more »
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Tension and frustration are mounting across the country as President Joseph Kabila clings to power well after his second and supposedly final term in office expired last year. Read more »
