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Melissa Chemam with RFI

HISTORICAL FACTS: Political killing in drc casts a shadow over plans for december elections - The Untold Story

The president of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) Denis Kadima met with opponents Martin Fayulu, Matata Mponyo, Delly Sessanga and the camp of Moise Katumbi in Kinshasa, on 30 June 2023. © Pascal Mulegwa/RFI

Congolese former minister Chérubin Okende, a member of the opposition in parliament, was found dead in his car on Thursday. His murder puts a question mark over the possibility of democratic elections in December.

Found riddled with bullets in his car on one of the highways of the capital Kinshasa on Thursday morning, the body of Chérubin Okende will certainly haunt more than one political candidate.

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