DRC: PM in war-torn eastern provinces to assess unpopular state of siege measure

The head of government in the Democratic Republic of Congo kicked off Friday (Nov. 22) an assessment mission in the country’s war-torn east. Judith Suminwa and an large delegation landed on Friday in Goma, the capital of the North-Kivu province.

North-Kivu and the neighbouring province of Ituri have been under the state of siege for 3 and a half years. The move decreed by President Felix Tshisekedi has since been criticized and its…