Judith Suminwa Tuluka named Prime Minister of Democratic Republic of Congo. She succeeds Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde, who resigned on February 21.
President Félix Tshisekedi was largely re-elected on December 20 for a second five-year term. Congo remains one of the poorest nations in the world, with two thirds of its population living below the poverty line. The situation has even deteriorated in North Kivu, plagued for more than two years by a new rebellion by the "M23"