2023-12-20 04:01:25
A new president will be elected in the Democratic Republic of Congo this Wednesday. The incumbent Félix Tshisekedi, who is considered pro-Western, has a good chance of being re-elected – also because the opposition was unable to agree on a common candidate. Congo, with 100 million inhabitants, is the second largest country in Africa.
The election is made more difficult by violence in the east of the country, where government troops and militias have been fighting for influence for years. Voters in the Central African country, which is the size of Western Europe, also vote on the National Assembly in Kinshasa, the members of the provincial parliaments and the local councils.
Despite its enormous wealth of raw materials – including cobalt and coltan, which are needed for the production of cell phones, laptops and electric cars – many people in Congo live in poverty. Some of the mineral resources are located in the east of the country. As a country with the second largest rainforest in the world, the Congo also plays an important role in the global climate.
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