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Samir Tounsi

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The DRC’s Martin Fayulu needs to decide whether he can continue with his campaign or adopt a new strategy ahead of elections in 2023, writes the author. (Luis Tato/AFP/Getty Images)
DRC ELECTIONS

DRC presidential runner-up asks court to cancel result

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

  • Samir Tounsi
4 min read
Supporters of Congolese joint opposition presidential candidate Martin Fayulu gather as he campaigns in Goma, North Kivu Province. (Samuel Mambo/Reuters)
DRC

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

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

  • Samir Tounsi
4 min read
Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, DRC presidential candidate for the ruling Common Front of Congo coalition announces his political manifesto in Kinshas. (Kenny Katombe/Reuters)
DRC

Campaigning for critical election opens in crisis-wracked DRC

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

  • Samir Tounsi
2 min read