The elections are scheduled for December 2023, despite spiralling insecurity in the east, spearheaded by the M23 rebels. Almost 50 million people across the vast Central African nation’s 26 provinces are expected to register to vote over the next three months.nHowever, registration opened in the first 10 provinces on Saturday morning to long lines and undersupplied stations. They should have …
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. …
