DRC president orders military, police to take over northeastern provinces under state of siege - World News

2021-05-04 05:05:32 GMT2021-05-04 13:05:32(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
KINSHASA, May 4 (Xinhua) -- The civilian authorities in two northeastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where a state of siege was declared days ago to curb surging violence by armed groups, will be replaced by military administrations, said a presidential order issued late Monday.
"To address the situation during the state of siege, the civilian authorities of the provincial governments of Ituri and North Kivu and the decentralized entities of those provinces will be replaced by the officers of the armed forces of the DRC or the Congolese National Police," said the order announced by President Felix Tshisekedi's spokesman Tharsice Kasongo Mwema.

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