Democratic Republic of the Congo: Tshisekedi building out his governance platform
- January 28, 2019
- - 4:25 pm
Since being inaugurated the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Félix Tshisekedi has begun a series of internal political consultations as well as initiating foreign diplomatic relations, all intended to consolidate the legitimacy of his new presidency. Tshisekedi was inaugurated in Kinshasa, the Congolese capital, on January 24 in front of thousands of supporters, foreign ambassadors, and senior representatives of African governments. The peaceful transfer of executive power from former President Joseph Kabila to Tshisekedi marked the first-ever such instance in the history of Congolese independence. Until January 24, presidential transitions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo …
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