DR Congo's election campaign signals trouble ahead

Moise Katumbi, the prominent politician, businessman and soccer official, said on Saturday that he would run for president in the 2023 election in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) . The announcement had been widely expected.

He tweeted that it marked the end of his alliance with President Felix Tshisekedi, to enable him “to serve the Congolese.”

“I want to build a just state, an exemplary republic, where everyone can live in security and dignity from the fruits of their labor,”…