Tagged: congo

Conrad Omodiagbe

DRC: Opposition calls for Elections Three Years Early

A year after electorates headed to the polls in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), opposition leader and former presidential candidate, Martin Fayulu, has called for early elections to be held. This is despite the election cycle of 4 years which determines that the next elections in the DRC be in 2023. Fayulu, who contested […]
Conrad Omodiagbe

Why Are Tensions Rising in Congo?

Tensions seem to be on the rise in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with protests led by coalitions from both ruling and opposition parties. Citizens are speaking up against a recent decision by the country’s parliament to nominate Ronsard Malonda as the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) despite allegations of corruption. […]
Staff Writer

Belgium Elects First Black Mayor, Vincent Kompany’s Father

Belgian voters have recently elected the first black mayor in the nation’s history, a man originally from the huge swathe of central Africa that Belgium brutalised for generations. Pierre Kompany, 71, who fled the Democratic Republic of Congo as a refugee in 1975, will be sworn in before the end of the year as the […]