Voter registration kicked off in Democratic Republic of Congo over the weekend, as the country prepares the for December 2023 general election.
President Felix Tshisekedi is expected to seek re-election after a first term marked by economic hardship and a resurge of rebel activity in the east.
"There are no machines. They should have postponed instead of setting a date and then doing nothing when people arrive," said medical student Mike Tshamala, waiting with a dozen others at a registration point in central Kinshasa. "It's like a car, you start... in first gear, you don't go directly to third gear," CENI chairman Denis Kadima said after signing up in Kinshasa on Saturday.
Opposition leader Moise Katumbi, the powerful ex-governor of Congo's copper-producing Katanga province, will also run.
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