DR Congo President Félix Tshisekedi has replaced all the civilian authorities of North Kivu (some 1,600 km east of Kinshasa) and Ituri (1,800 km from Kinshasa) with the military and police for 30 days over insecurity in the region.
"To deal with the situation of insecurity in the two provinces, the civil courts and tribunals will transfer their jurisdiction to military courts during the period of the state of siege," the president’s order said.
