DRC court clears path to change a constitution that says it can't be changed

Congo's Constitutional Court has approved a referendum law that critics say could allow President Felix Tshisekedi to seek a third term, per RFI. Opposition parties have rejected the ruling and vowed to fight it. The irony: the nation's constitution explicitly bars its own amendment, yet the court has just cleared a path to do precisely that.

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