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Congo in Crisis

09/12/2016 GMT

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Will President Kabila heed opposition demands for him to leave office?

Opposition leaders in the Democratic Republic of Congo are warning that the country faces civil war if the current president, Joseph Kabila, refuses to step down at the end of his term of office. That term was due to end this month but elections will not now be held until April 2018, and his opponents have accused him of trying to cling on to power.  The DRC is not only a key source of minerals required in modern technology, it also has the largest UN peacekeeping mission in the world.  As tensions rise, can the negotiations overseen by the DRC’s Catholic bishops find a compromise? On this week’s Newshour Extra, Owen Bennett Jones and his expert guests discuss the future of the DRC, and whether further violence can be prevented.

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