DRC: CONGO’S PRESIDENT WINS A CRUCIAL POLITICAL BATTLE, BUT NOT YET THE ‘WAR’

   Tue, 02 February 2021

Previously underestimated, Congo’s president has achieved a political master stroke against his more experienced and powerful predecessor. However, there remain serious obstacles to consolidate his authority, including the formation of a new governing alliance with tentative allies, the need to secure multilateral financing to support the budget, and simmering violence in mining provinces that seeks to distract the new government and reverse the president’s recent political gains.

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