For Congo’s next president, winning may be the easy part
Whoever it is, a staggeringly hard task beckons
On December 20th, as The Economist went to press, millions of Congolese were queuing to vote. The much-criticised electoral commission will probably claim that the very fact of holding a general election on time in a country four times the size of France should itself be considered a triumph. Yet as Moïse Katumbi, a leading opposition candidate, angrily puts it: “Which type of election?”
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “The hard part comes next”
Middle East & Africa December 23rd 2023
- Attacks on shipping threaten to upend peace talks in Yemen
- Israel isn’t sure what to do about the hostages in Gaza
- The plight of Christians in Bethlehem and Jerusalem predates the latest Gaza war
- A supposed haven in Sudan falls to a genocidal militia
- For Congo’s next president, winning may be the easy part
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