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DRC
Kinshasa's partners jittery ahead of presidential election

Denis Kadima, new president of the Independent National Electoral Commission of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. © Reuters

Though keen to support the 2023 electoral process, the DRC's partners are concerned by various issues surrounding the new leadership of the independent national electoral commission and fear the electoral calendar could slip. [...]

Published on 29/10/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 4 minutes

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Tshisekedi's futile attempts to resume contact with Kabila

President Félix Tshisekedi has tried to call his predecessor Joseph Kabila several times to arrange a meeting. Unwilling to do so, the former leader continues to be consulted by his political family and international diplomats.

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Current President Félix Tshisekedi and his predecessor Joseph Kabila.

Central Africa, DRC
Elections 2023: INEC's financing still a bone of contention

Doubts remain over whether the timetable for elections scheduled in the DRC at the end of 2023 will be respected. Denis Kadima, head of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), regularly rants in private about the pace of the Ministry of Finance's disbursements.

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DRC
Electoral commission head grapples with question of diaspora vote

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Kinshasa under pressure from US and EU as 2023 election complications loom

DR Congo's independent national electoral commission is struggling to carry out its mandate for lack of funds, leading to fears the general election set for the end of 2023 may be pushed back sparking a major political crisis.

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US President Joe Biden speaks with Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi.

DRC
Kabila plans major shake-up for his Front Commun pour le Congo

Joseph Kabila may have been pushed to the sidelines, but he is far from done with Congolese politics. He was marginalised when many of his MPs defected to support his successor Félix Tshisekedi. But the former president is trying to regain his footing by overhauling his political party.

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Joseph Kabila, former president of the DRC.

Inner circles | DRC
Félix Tshisekedi's diplomacy: great international expectations but with neither troops nor resources

In Berlin today at the invitation of Angela Merkel, the DRC president is using every available means to pull his country out of diplomatic isolation. Rather than relying on a diplomatic corps that was largely inherited from his predecessor Joseph Kabila, he has preferred to rely on a group of loyalists from within the presidency.

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Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi receiving his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame on June 25, 2021.

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Tshisekedi's advisors at loggerheads over secret Dig Oil deal as arbitration looms

Though some of the Congolese president's advisors are still pushing to counter the South African firm's arbitration award with another lawsuit, others would prefer Tshisekedi to accept a secret deal that comes with financial compensation.

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Nicolas Kazadi, Tshisekedi's roving ambassador and negotiator of a possible settlement with Dig Oil.

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Félix Tshisekedi pivots westwards on intelligence and defence

In contrast to his predecessor Joseph Kabila, who cut military and intelligence ties with the West, Félix Tshisekedi has reopened channels of cooperation on security with Paris, Brussels and Washington to soften the impact of the imminent withdrawal of the [.

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DRC President Félix Tshisekedi at Paris Peace Forum, November 12, 2019.

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Limited room for manoeuvre and shaky mandate for vulnerable Felix Tshisekedi

Elected after a chaotic ballot, Felix Tshisekedi will have to negotiate a delicate power-sharing arrangement with the previous regime. Analysis.

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