DR Congo Govt Suggests Four-Year Poll Delay
The opposition believe the proposed delay is a ploy by President Joseph Kabila to stay in power beyond the constitutional limit.
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Congo-Kinshasa:
Govt Suggests Four-Year Poll Delay
Zambia Reports, 2 November 2015
Popular Katanga businessman Moise Katumbi says the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo have rejected attempts for the country to have a life president. Read more »
DRC Electoral Commission
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Congo-Kinshasa:
DR Congo Opposition Protests Delay in Elections, Extension of Term Limits
East African, 2 November 2015
On a sunny morning, protesters stand outside the offices of the National Independent Electoral Commission, known by its French acronym Ceni, singing songs with messages that oppose… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
Katumbi Says Elections Must Not Be Postponed
PR Newswire, 1 November 2015
Earlier today an article coming out of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) reported a spokesperson for DRC's President Kabila saying that the national elections… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
President Kabila Turning Into the New Mobutu Sese Seko As the World Watches
Zambia Reports, 29 October 2015
Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila is on the verge of becoming the present day Mobutu Sese Seko, that loathed and fallen dictator to have ruled the former Zaire. Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
Church Distances Itself From Choice of Electoral Commission Boss
CISA, 23 October 2015
The Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo has dissociated itself from the choice for the new presidency of the Independent National Election Commission (INIC), made… Read more »
InFocus
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President Joseph Kabila has promised that presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo will take place as scheduled in November 2016. If he decides to delay or ... Read more »