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DRC’s Félix Tshisekedi: A fight to the finish line

By Honoré Banda

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Posted on January 18, 2023 10:32

© DRC’s President Félix Tshisekedi in Paris, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) — DRC’s President Félix Tshisekedi in Paris, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

President Félix Tshisekedi has one more year to convince the electorate to give him another term in office. He has achieved a lot, at home, in the region and internationally, but he faces just as many hurdles.

President Félix Tshisekedi’s ascension to the presidency in 2018 was a surprise. With a fragile majority, he had had to fight for his space, with his predecessor Joseph Kabila and the latter’s allies still very much influential.

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