{"id":44169,"date":"2026-08-31T07:28:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T05:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=44169"},"modified":"2026-08-31T07:28:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T05:28:46","slug":"drc-opposition-rejects-tshisekedis-national-dialogue-invite","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/drc-opposition-rejects-tshisekedis-national-dialogue-invite\/","title":{"rendered":"DRC opposition rejects Tshisekedi\u2019s national dialogue invite"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Opposition parties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), have rejected President F\u00e9lix Tshisekedi&#8217;s invitation for a national dialogue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Tshisekedi framed the three-month consultation process across the country&#8217;s 26 provinces as an effort to ease political tensions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The opposition view the initiative as a political maneuverer to alter the constitution-which currently dictates a strict two-term limit-and secure a third term in office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Tensions are further exacerbated by the exclusive nature of the proposed talks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Tshisekedi has firmly ruled out the participation of the M23 rebel group, stating that a peace accord signed in Washington in December, is the correct framework for handling them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">In contrast, some opposition factions have demanded that the dialogue include both M23 representatives and members allied with former President Joseph Kabila.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The opposition has also mobilised a nationwide day of demonstrations scheduled for September 15.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22455,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-44169","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"DRC opposition parties have rejected President F\u00e9lix Tshisekedi's invitation","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44169","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":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44170,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44169\/revisions\/44170"}],"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=44169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=44169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}