Hundreds of government workers have gone on strike in DRC Congo in recent months - including hospital workers who hadn’t been paid since 2016. This comes amid a national cholera epidemic and impending famine threatening millions of Congolese.
Meanwhile, the repression against opposition leaders and supporters, human rights and pro-democracy activists, peaceful protesters, and journalists has continued unabated. Security forces shot dead more than 170 people and wounded many others during peaceful protests in 2015 and 2016. This year, security forces killed at least 90 people as part of a crackdown against members of the Bundu dia Kongo (BDK) political religious sect protesting Kabila’s extended presidency in the capital, Kinshasa, and Kongo Central province
Hundreds of government workers have gone on strike in DRC Congo in recent months - including hospital workers who hadn’t been paid since 2016. This comes amid a national cholera epidemic and impending famine threatening millions of Congolese.
Meanwhile, the repression against opposition leaders and supporters, human rights and pro-democracy activists, peaceful protesters, and journalists has continued unabated. Security forces shot dead more than 170 people and wounded many others during peaceful protests in 2015 and 2016. This year, security forces killed at least 90 people as part of a crackdown against members of the Bundu dia Kongo (BDK) political religious sect protesting Kabila’s extended presidency in the capital, Kinshasa, and Kongo Central province