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Shola Lawal

Could DR Congo’s Tshisekedi declare war on Rwanda if re-elected?

Rwanda President Paul Kagame (L), Angola President Joao Lourenco (C) and Democratic Republic of the Congo President Felix Tshisekedi (R) pose for a photograph in Luanda on July 6, 2022, as they meet for talks after an upsurge in violence in eastern DRC [Jorge Nsimba/AFP]

Polls closed late on Wednesday in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as millions of voters turned out to vote in general elections held after tense and sometimes violent campaigns, amid a continuing war against the deadly M23 rebel group.

Some areas are due to vote on Thursday in elections seen as a test for DRC, which has only had one peaceful transfer of power due to years of instability.

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