{"id":281035,"date":"2017-01-01T06:33:30","date_gmt":"2017-01-01T06:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=281035"},"modified":"2017-01-01T06:33:30","modified_gmt":"2017-01-01T06:33:30","slug":"dr-congo-deal-agreed-to-end-kabila-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/dr-congo-deal-agreed-to-end-kabila-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"DR Congo deal agreed to end Kabila rule"},"content":{"rendered":"
A deal has been signed to end Joseph Kabila’s 15-year rule in the Democratic Republic of Congo – but the president himself has yet to add his signature.<\/p>\n
Senior ministers backed the deal, which would see Mr Kabila stay on until elections are held by the end of 2017.<\/p>\n
The country has faced a crisis since Mr Kabila failed to step down earlier in December, when his mandate expired.<\/p>\n
Elections should have been held in November, and dozens of people have died in protests since then.<\/p>\n
After the electoral commission cancelled the scheduled vote, citing logistical and financial difficulties in organising them, Mr Kabila formed a 74-member transitional government and said elections would be held in 2018.<\/p>\n