Samir Tounsi

DRC in mourning as funeral parties banned

Africa Samir Tounsi - 2 Apr 2020

Numerous countries around the world have adopted similar measures to try to counter Covid-19

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DRC presidential runner-up asks court to cancel result

Africa Samir Tounsi - 13 Jan 2019

Martin Fayulu has appealed to the Constitutional Court to annul the provisional result which awarded victory to his opposition rival Felix Tshisekedi

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A Tshisekedi finally at DRC’s helm

Africa Samir Tounsi - 11 Jan 2019

But there are fears that Felix has been co-opted by Joseph Kabila, who controls the electoral commission

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DRC’s Tshisekedi: Son, heir and president-elect

Africa Samir Tounsi - 10 Jan 2019

Since his father founded the UDPS in 1982, the party has served as an opposition mainstay in the DRC

Hopes rise that DRC’s elections are in home stretch

Africa Samir Tounsi - 9 Jan 2019

The country is in flux over a thrice-delayed presidential vote

DRC: State says it cut internet to avoid ‘uprising’ after vote

Africa Samir Tounsi - 1 Jan 2019

The DRC has never had a peaceful transition of power since independence from Belgium in 1960, and bloodshed marred elections in 2006 and 2011

Volatile DRC braces for troubled election

Africa Samir Tounsi - 28 Dec 2018

The vote crowns two years of turmoil, sharpening worries that the fragile giant of central Africa may once more spiral into violence

DRC to vote in end-of-an-era poll

Africa Samir Tounsi - 17 Dec 2018

Twenty-one candidates are running to replace Kabila, whose hand-picked successor Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary is one of the front-runners

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Campaigning for critical election opens in crisis-wracked DRC

Africa Samir Tounsi - 21 Nov 2018

At stake in the vote is political stewardship of a mineral-rich country that has never known a peaceful transition of power since independence

Ebola fear empties DRC village schools

Africa Samir Tounsi - 5 Sep 2018

Teaching staff and aid workers fear that children who walk around freely in the village pose a risk far worse than they would pose in a classroom

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DRC’s Kabila backs ex-interior minister for vote: spokesperson

Africa Samir Tounsi - 8 Aug 2018

The announcement came just hours before the deadline for lodging applications for the December 23 election

DRC’s carbon bomb is ticking

Article Agence France Presse & Samir Tounsi - 8 Nov 2017

Scientists and green campaigners say the peatlands hold gigatonnes of carbon — a stockpile that poses a threat to hopes of limiting global warming.

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