After less than five months at the helm, DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has largely failed to exert his authority.
Presidential Guard and police forces link arms as they control the crowd before the arrival of the President Felix Tshisekedi at the airport of Goma, North-Kivu Province, eastern DR Congo.KINSHASA - Before his disputed electoral victory in December, DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi promised the people of troubled North Kivu province that he would crack down on rebel and militia groups that terrorise the region.
"All those who are arrested, irrespective of whether they are national or provincial lawmakers, will be brought to justice. And will be sentenced for complicity in killings."North Kivu, bordering Lake Kivu and rich in minerals, is one of the regions worst afflicted by violent groups competing for its resources.
"Armed people enter Goma and kill peaceful citizens without being worried by the police or the army," acting Interior Minister Basile Olongo said in the minutes of the meeting. Kabila supporters recently swept gubernatorial elections. Tshisekedi is yet to form a government and is largely working with Kabila's former ministers or intermediaries.
In the city of Beni, the epicentre of a near nine-month-old Ebola outbreak and also in North Kivu province, a notorious militia continues to operate. The president must strengthen the supervision of"the army, the police, the national intelligence agency," said a spokesman for Beni residents, Janvier Kasairyo.
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