Congo: half a loaf

So why isn’t everybody celebrating the triumphant return of democracy to the Democratic Republic of Congo? Because nobody believes the numbers.

They pretend to be celebrating the elevation of Felix Tshitsekedi to the presidency in the Democratic Republic of Congo (the big Congo), but they are privately lamenting it while accepting that it is probably the least bad option now, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

January 28, 2019

LONDON, U.K.—"Half a loaf is better than no bread," is what you tell yourself to justify giving in to a rotten deal, and there’s a choir of African leaders singing that chorus now. They pretend to be celebrating the elevation of Felix Tshisekedi to the presidency in the Democratic Republic of Co...

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