On 19 November, former prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Matata Ponyo Mapon announced his support for businessman and former governor of the copper-rich Katanga region, Moïse Katumbi. Two days later, opposition candidates Seth Kikuni and Franck Diongo threw their support behind him as well.
Did this come as a surprise to Denis Mukwege, Nobel Prize winner and the most famous Congolese gynaecologist, who published his own electoral programme on 21 November?
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