WATCH: 42 EU observers deployed to DRC ahead of elections

The Democratic Republic of Congo is scheduled to hold parliamentary and presidential elections on December 20.

In Summary

• Malin Bjork, a Swedish MEP heading the mission, told reporters in the capital Kinshasa that 42 observers had arrived on November 17 and will soon be deployed in 17 out of 26 provinces in the vast central African nation.

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