{"id":33955,"date":"2026-05-07T13:07:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T11:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=33955"},"modified":"2026-05-07T13:07:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T11:07:23","slug":"drc-president-hints-at-possible-third-term","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/drc-president-hints-at-possible-third-term\/","title":{"rendered":"DRC President hints at possible third term"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), F\u00e9lix Tshisekedi, has indicated that he could consider seeking a third term in office after his current mandate ends in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tshisekedi said any move to extend his Presidency would only happen after consulting citizens through a referendum. The country\u2019s current constitution limits Presidents to two terms.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He also warned that future elections may not be held on time because of the worsening security situation in eastern DRC.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The M23 rebel group last year captured large areas of North and South Kivu, including the strategic cities of Goma and Bukavu.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Government forces have been battling the M23 and other armed groups in the east of the country for several years.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22455,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-33955","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"President F\u00e9lix Tshisekedi, has indicated that he could consider seeking a third term in office","published_date":"2026-05-07 13:06:41","news_description":"President F\u00e9lix Tshisekedi, has indicated that he could consider seeking a third term in office","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33957,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33955\/revisions\/33957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=33955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}