Conflict and insecurity have dominated campaign discourse in the DRC and could stop displaced people from voting. “Now, we are starving.” Al Jazeera could not independently verify this incident, but it is consistent with reports of ongoing violence in Congo’s besieged east, and within Virunga National Park itself. Onesphore Sematumba, an analyst at the International Crisis Group, said the government, …
GOMA, Congo — A rebel group with alleged links to neighboring Rwanda claimed Wednesday to have seized a key town in Congo’s conflict-hit eastern region amid intense fighting, raising further security concerns ahead of the country’s Dec. 20 presidential election. Mweso town, which is about 100 kilometres from the North Kivu provincial capital of Goma, came under the control of …
GOMA, Congo — Congo’s government spokesperson has said that the East African regional force would have to leave the country by Dec. 8 because of a “lack of satisfactory results on the ground” as agreed on during a regional meeting. Partick Muyaya told journalists on Monday night that the East African Community, or EAC, force must leave the country “because …
The election, expected to cost $600m, comes amid ongoing violence by M23 rebels in the restive eastern region. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has said it will hold presidential and parliamentary elections on December 20, 2023, kicking off a year of complex preparations in the vast Central African country, large parts of which have been overrun by armed groups. …
