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Vol 67 No 12

Published 12th June 2026


Congo-Kinshasa

Tshisekedi tests opinion with third-term kite

The President’s hints at ending term limits and delaying the 2028 polls unsettle investors wary of conflict in Africa’s biggest copper producer

Congolese voters have been presented with a fait accompli but their acquiescence is not guaranteed. President Felix Tshisekedi, who is midway through his second term, says the rebel bid for secession in vast swathes of Kivu-Nord and Kivu-Sud means it would be ‘impossible’ to hold presidential elections in 2028. He also says that if ‘the people’ ask him to serve another term, he would accept, even though the Congolese constitution expressly rules out any change to a two-term presidential limit.

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