Most of the leading opponents of President Félix Tshisekedi plan to run in December’s elections
For now, the national presidential and polling elections are still set for 20 December, but many political activists suspect the government could still change the schedule. The most likely adjustment would affect the country's troubled eastern provinces of North Kivu and Ituri, both officially under martial law. The popular suspicion is that the government will cite the security crisis in the two provinces as a reason to delay the polls there, probably until well after the national result has been declared, after which it will be too late for voters there to influence it.
Foreign-backed militias are pressuring President Tshisekedi just as he calls for the UN mission to leave
President Félix Tshisekedi may be readying himself for a re-election campaign but the conflicts in the country's eastern provinces are raging on and threatening national sovereignty. The M23...
The conflict becomes more vicious and anarchic by the day as rival leaders lose control of their subordinates and new militias proliferate
The civil war in Sudan is slipping out of the grip of its main protagonists as proposed political solutions evaporate and each military confrontation is increasingly determined by...