The country has witnessed millions of deaths, brutal colonial rule, and devastating dictatorship | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

For a country that has witnessed millions of deaths, brutal colonial rule, and devastating dictatorship, the past year in the Democratic Republic of Congo still stands out as a bleak one. Civilian massacres, decapitated police officers, bloody crackdowns, and resurgent armed groups, were fed in part by a national political crisis. The resulting instability has sparked…