{"id":7945,"date":"2018-02-27T23:24:39","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T06:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=7945"},"modified":"2018-02-27T23:24:39","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T06:24:39","slug":"botswana-govt-blames-congolese-president","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/botswana-govt-blames-congolese-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Botswana Govt blames Congolese President for DRC\u2019s humanitarian &amp; security crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"article-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<section class=\"article__body\">\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>Botswana on Monday blamed Congolese President Joseph Kabila for his country\u2019s humanitarian and security crisis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-content__text article-content__left-column\">This is first time an African government has sharply criticised the Congolese President over his refusal to step down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-content__text article-content__left-column\">Botswana\u2019s Ministry of International Affairs in a statement said, the continent continues to witness a worsening humanitarian situation in the <span class=\"caps\">DRC<\/span> mainly because its leader has persistently delayed holding elections, and lost control over the security of his country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-content__text article-content__left-column\">Congo\u2019s foreign minister, Leonard She Okitundu, has declined comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-content__text article-content__left-column\"><span class=\"caps\">DRC<\/span> emerged in 2003 from a five-year war that killed millions, most from hunger and disease, and the current political crisis has contributed to a surge of conflict, forcing millions to flee their homes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-content__text article-content__left-column\">Botswana\u2019s statement comes after the resignation of Kabila\u2019s close ally Jacob Zuma as South African president added to uncertainty about his standing among key African states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-content__text article-content__left-column\">The statement by Botswana, one of Africa\u2019s most stable democracies, urged \u201cthe international community to put more pressure on the leadership in the Democratic Republic of Congo to relinquish power and pave way for the ushering in of a new political dispensation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-content__text article-content__left-column\">Kabila is facing mounting pressure in the streets to organise prompt elections. Security forces killed at least two people at a church-led march on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-content__text article-content__left-column\">More than a dozen protesters have been killed since December. Police said on Monday that an officer had been arrested for violating orders by firing a rubber bullet at a protester from too close a range \u2013 less than 20 metres (yards), killing him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-content__text article-content__left-column\">However, a doctor at the hospital where the man, pro-democracy activist Rossy Mukendi, died on Sunday, told Reuters he had been hit in the heart by a bullet that had entered and exited his body.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-content__text article-content__left-column\">Kabila denies he is trying to cling to power but has refused to publicly rule out trying to change the constitution to remove term limits that prevent him from running for re-election, as the presidents of neighbouring Congo Republic and Rwanda have done.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-content__text article-content__left-column\">Congo\u2019s political turmoil has emboldened the dozens of militia groups that operate in its mineral-rich eastern borderlands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-content__text article-content__left-column\"><em>Reuters<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Botswana on Monday blamed Congolese President Joseph Kabila for his country\u2019s humanitarian and security crisis. This is first time an African government has sharply criticised the Congolese President over his refusal to step down. Botswana\u2019s Ministry of International Affairs in a statement said, the continent continues to witness a worsening humanitarian situation in the DRC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"news-category":[322],"class_list":["post-7945","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-category-world","entry","has-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Botswana Govt blames Congolese President for DRC\u2019s humanitarian &amp; security crisis<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Botswana Govt blames Congolese President for DRC\u2019s humanitarian &amp; security crisis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/botswana-govt-blames-congolese-president\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Botswana Govt blames Congolese President for DRC\u2019s humanitarian &amp; 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