Tensions à Beni et manifestations suite au report de l’élection Présidentielle en RDC
Présidentielle en RDC : au lendemain de l’annonce du report de l’élection à Beni-Butembo et Yumbi, des manifestations ont eu lieu ce matin à Beni. Nous avons joint Alexis Huguet, l’envoyé spécial de l’AFP, à Beni : “la route principale depuis l’entrée de la ville est bloquée par des barrages de pierres”
DR Congo election: Tear gas and live rounds fired at protesters in #Beni

The election to replace Kabila, who has governed since replacing his assassinated father in 2001, was meant to take place in 2016 but has been repeatedly delayed CREDIT: PATRICK MEINHARDT/ AFP
Protesters in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Beni ransacked an Ebola isolation centre on Thursday and it is possible that patients fled, senior health officials said.
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