DRC

Tens of thousands of candidates, including the 26 candidates running for the highest office, officially launched a month-long election campaign in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, in a

The M23 rebels, who are gaining ground in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, have been identified by the Congolese army as a mass mobilization of youth. It comes after Félix Tshisekedi, president of the DRC, called for young militant organizations. Major General Sylvain Ekenge, the spokesman for the DRC army said during a press conference