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http://chrissmith.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=400709 <span class ="kicker">House hearing on DRC set for Thurs. Nov. 9th</span>State Dept., USAID, Academia & Human Rights Advocates to Testify on Elections in the DRC 2017-11-06 2017 2017-11 Republican House NJ Christopher Smith S000522 chrissmith.house.gov     legacy The challenges facing the people and the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will be the topic of a hearing entitled “Resolving the Political Crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,” set to be held Thursday by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), chairman of the House subcommittee on Africa and global human rights.      “The government of Joseph Kabila delayed the required 2016 presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in which he was forbidden by the constitution to run for reelection. Since then, his government has continued to bog down preparations for an election to replace him, which now is being predicted for no earlier than 2019,” said Smith. “This hearing is intended to gather suggestions from the State Department, USAID and private sector witnesses on how to overcome the current transition stalemate in the DRC.” Who: Chairman Smith (NJ-04), Senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations; other members of the Committee, and:        Witnesses:                         The Honorable Donald Yamamoto                         Acting Assistant Secretary                         Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State                         Cheryl Anderson                         Acting Assistant Administrator                         Bureau for Africa, U.S. Agency for International Development                         Mvemba Dizolele                         Professorial Lecturer in African Studies                         School of Advanced International Studies                         Johns Hopkins University                         Fred Bauma                         Representative                         La Lutte pour le Changement                         Severine Autesserre                         Professor of Political Science                         Barnard College                         Columbia University                         Ida Sawyer                         Central Africa Director                         Human Rights Watch What:              House hearing with State Dept., USAID and NGOs on the political crisis in the DRC. When:             Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017 9 AM Where:            Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2172 (first floor) 1 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z