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Democratic Republic of the Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi arrives for a meeting with France's President at The Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on February 25, 2026. [AFP]
The Democratic Republic of Congo's Senate passed a bill Monday on holding referendums in the country, a step that could enable President Felix Tshisekedi to change the constitution and seek a third term.
The Senate vote came three days after anti- and pro-Tshisekedi demonstrators clashed at a protest against the government's plans to change the constitution, which the opposition condemns as a bid by the president to cling to power.
In office since 2019, Tshisekedi comes to the end of his second -- and, under the current constitution, final -- five-year term in 2028.
