Efter ett år av protester: Är Kabila på väg att lämna?
Kongo-Kinshasas president Joseph Kabila kommer inte att kandidera för en tredje mandatperiod i årets val. Det säger kommunikationsministern Lambert Mende till The Guardian.
Kabilas andra mandatperiod gick ut i december 2016 och när han vägrade avgå ledde det till blodiga gatuprotester.
På sociala medier uttrycker många invånare farhågor om att Kabila bara försöker vinna sig tid inför sitt nästa drag och inte alls planerar att avgå, skriver Africa News.
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Joseph Kabila
Wikipedia (en)
Joseph Kabila Kabange (known commonly as Joseph Kabila, born 4 June 1971) is a Congolese politician who has been President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since January 2001. He took office ten days after the assassination of his father, President Laurent-Désiré Kabila. He was elected as President in 2006. In 2011, he was re-elected for a second term.
Kabila's term was due to expire on 20 December 2016 per the constitution, adopted in 2006. Officials suggested that elections would be held in November 2016. However, on 29 September 2016, the nation's electoral authority announced that the election would not be held until early 2018. Talk has focused on the need for a census before holding elections.
Since coming to power, Joseph Kabila has faced continuous wars in eastern Congo and internal rebel forces supported by neighboring governments of Uganda and Rwanda.
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