The Democratic Republic of the Congo has said it will hold presidential and parliamentary elections on December 20, 2023, kicking off a year of complex preparations in the vast Central African country, large parts of which have been overrun by armed groups.
Announcing the date at a ceremony in Kinshasa on Saturday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI), outlined several challenges including the logistics of transporting ballot materials thousands of kilometres, health concerns about Ebola and COVID-19, and unrest that has forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes.
