DISPATCHES
Vol 65 No 24 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
Opposition leaders Martin Fayulu and Moïse Katumbi have launched their own campaigns against constitutional reform while other potential candidates in 2028 including National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe and Jean-Pierre Bemba have been silent...
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Vol 65 No 17 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
Following the 2019 elections which saw Tshisekedi declared the winner despite compelling evidence that rival Martin Fayulu had won Kabila cut a deal with Tshisekedi that created a coalition government (AC Vol 60 No 6 Kabila corners Tshisekedi)...
It which promises ‘a holistic program of support to strengthen the capacity and impact of pro-democracy leaders' has built a stable of clients including Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga Congo-Kinshasa's Martin Fayulu and Senegal's Idrissa Seck but has rarely acted for a sitting government (AC Vol 64 No 19 Seck seeks DC clout & Dispatches 4/10/23 Fayulu confirms candidacy for presidential polls)...
Vol 65 No 2 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
Instead opposition party leaders Moïse Katumbi Martin Fayulu and Denis Mukwege have said they will call out their supporters to the streets to compel the authorities to hold the poll again (Dispatches 2/1/2024 Tshisekedi set for second term despite protests against 'sham' elections)...
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Vol 65 No 2 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
Within the 500-member house 45 parties won one or more seats according to CENI but the boycott of the legislative polls by Martin Fayulu has depleted their numbers in parliament...
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DISPATCHES
Vol 65 No 1 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
Félix Tshisekedi appears almost certain to be confirmed for a second term as President despite opposition protests about the conducting of the polls which saw Tshisekedi obtain 73% of the vote according to the Commission Électorale Nationale Indépendante ahead of business mogul-turned-politician Moïse Katumbi with 18% and Martin Fayulu with 5% on a turnout of more than 40% (AC Vol 64 No 20 Oppositionists vie for the presidency)...
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Vol 65 No 1 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
The other two contenders are Martin Fayulu judged to have won the 2018 election according to data leaks from the electoral commission and Denis Mukwege a surgeon who has won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in war zones...
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DISPATCHES
Vol 64 No 25 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
Former Katanga governor and mining mogul Moïse Katumbi and Martin Fayulu are emerging as the most viable challengers to President Félix Tshisekedi in elections due on 20 December...
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Vol 64 No 24 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
Martin Fayulu is widely reckoned to have won the 2018 election by a landslide but was denied official recognition of his victory by the Commission Électorale Nationale Indépendante (CENI)...
Vol 64 No 20 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
Martin Fayulu who the evidence suggests was the real winner of the December 2018 presidential election which was controversially awarded to Tshisekedi has also registered as a candidate (AC Vol 64 No 1 Horse-trading risks poll delay)...