[HIGHLIGHTS] DRC: towards a departure from the International Organization of the Francophonie?

DRC: towards a departure from the International Organization of the Francophonie?. Kinshasa refused to celebrate the International Day of La Francophoneie on March 20, in a context of explosive relations with Rwanda.

The DRC is today the most populous French-speaking country, and the demographic explosion means it will occupy an increasingly important place in the French- speaking world. The government is well aware, as the Minister of Foreign Affairs recalled in his press release, that “the future of theFrancophonie, by 2050, is at stake in the DRC”