DRC STUDENTS FOCUS OF POLITICAL OPPOSITION AS CRUCIAL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION LOOMS
February 1st, 2016
Activists in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are locked in a battle with President Joseph Kabila’s administration over what they are describing as an attempt to extend his mandate beyond the official end of his second – and final – term in November. In the process, political organisers are drawing on a deep well of support among students from the country’s universities.
Though campuses in the DRC have historically housed some political opposition, human rights analysts say they have never before seen students so involved in activist efforts. ...
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