Students in rebel-held eastern Congo brave insecurity to take exams
Tailoring students attend a practical State examination following a logistical feat requiring rare cooperation between the government and M23 rebels at the Lycee Wima in Kadutu commune in Bukavu, South Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, June 4, 2025. PHOTO | REUTERS
While M23 has previously said it seeks the ouster of Tshisekedi's government, the group's leader Bertrand Bisimwa told Reuters that it still recognised Kinshasa as the administrator of national exams.