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The political system in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is paralyzed due the manipulation of the electoral process by political elites, and is heavily influenced by a long-running conflict ...

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NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 25 – The government has invited the public to submit memoranda to the Technical Working Group on Gender-Based Violence (GBV), including femicide, which was established to assess ...