In January 2015, popular outrage over a proposed electoral law drove the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) onto the streets. The law would have reduced the 2016 elections to a general census and delayed proper presidential elections by up to four years.
Over 40 were killed in the capital, Kinshasa. The protests, inflamed by opposition leaders, forced the government to back down and pass a modified version of the law, with provincial and congressional elections now scheduled to take place over the next 22 months, culminating in presidential elections on 27 November 2016.
