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© Tshisekedi won an election that raised numerous concerns about voting irregularities amongst observers as the country chose a successor to longtime President Kabila. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

The balance of power in the new DRC

The balance of power in the new DRC

To what extent has the Kabila regime been replaced? Not much if you listen to some opposition leaders. But Tshisekedi is trying to use his popularity to break the system.

Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Tshisekedi visits Belgium © A self-assured Félix Tshisekedi inspects a guard of honour with Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
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rising son

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DRC: The metamorphosis of Félix Tshisekedi Félix Tshisekedi has grown into his presidential role with astonishing velocity and is starting to restore pride to the Congolese people.
© Felix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, reviews troops during a welcoming ceremony at the Egmont Palace in Brussels, Belgium September 17, 2019. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir – RC1B3D881480
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learning by doing

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DRC: Félix Tshisekedi’s difficult balancing act “Felix Tshisekedi is still learning. Kamerhe was useful to him in understanding [Joseph Kabila] a character that his party had long fought”
Martin Fayulu maintains the new government are merely puppets of the Kabila regime. © Robert Carrubba for JA
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red lines

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DRC: ‘Tshisekedi must apologise for betraying the people’ – Fayulu Nine months later, Martin Fayulu continues to proclaim himself the winner of the presidential election and claims that it is Joseph Kabila who holds d...
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