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Alphonsine Kalume Asengo Cheusi now the only female member of DRC's constitutional court - Face2Face Africa

Alphonsine Kalume Asengo Cheusi is forging a new path for women in the Democratic Republic of Congo as she is the first woman in the history of the country to be appointed a member of the constitutional court, an otherwise male-dominated court made up of nine judges. She was selected from the quota of the...

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