In less than three weeks, Congolese voters are scheduled to go to the polls to vote in the nation’s second democratic elections. With more than 63,000 voter stations, 18,000 candidates and 32 million voters, the election will be a complicated exercise. The electoral period has been contentious. National and international organizations have expressed concerns about increasingly acrimonious political climate, and called all parties to respect the process and reject violence. Please join the Great Lakes Policy Forum for a discussion on recent developments, the outlook for the elections, and for the post-electoral period.

Speakers: Mvemba Phezo Dizolele, Peter J. Duignan Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Stanford University Hoover Institution; Dr. Christopher Fomunyoh, senior associate and regional director for Central and West Africa at NDI; and Rick Swart, senior desk officer for the Democratic Republic of the Congo at the Department of State.

Date & Time: Thursday, Nov. 17, 9:30 to 11:00 a.m.

Location: Johns Hopkins SAIS, Nitze Building, Kenny Auditorium
1740 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20036