Congolese Nobel laureate kicks off presidential campaign

Dr Denis Mukwege is bidding to become president (Bob Edme/AP)

Congolese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr Denis Mukwege kicked off his campaign for president in next month’s election on Saturday, promising to tackle corruption and the violent conflict ravaging communities in the country’s east.

The 68-year-old renowned medical doctor told a crowd of supporters in Bukavu city in the eastern South Kivu province that he would also end famine in Congo, a richly endowed but impoverished country battling high rates of poverty and hunger.