Congo schedules presidential elections for December 2023

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo will hold presidential and parliamentary elections on December 20 2023, starting a year of complex preparations in the country, large parts of which are overrun by militia violence.

Congolese president Felix Tshisekedi gestures as he walks with his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto after a meeting in Kinshasa on November 21 2022.The Democratic Republic of the Congo will hold presidential and parliamentary elections on December 20 2023, starting a year of complex preparations in the country, large parts of which are overrun by militia violence.

Announcing the date at a ceremony in Kinshasa on Saturday, the electoral body, CENI, outlined several challenges, including the logistics of transporting ballot materials thousands of kilometres, health concerns about Ebola and Covid-19, and unrest that has forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes.“It is not a question of negotiating with the constitutional deadlines, it is a question of us of respecting them and consolidating our democracy,” said government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya.

 

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