UN Warns of Risk of Possible Violence, Instability in DRC

The United Nations is warning that without a serious national political dialogue, the Democratic Republic of Congo's current political tensions could deteriorate into a severe and possibly violent crisis. "Political tensions are rising ahead of the constitutional envisaged presidential and legislative elections," U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson warned Thursday. "Polarization and public discontent are fueled by delays in the electoral process, the debate...

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