By Godfred Zina The ink has barely dried on the U.S.- and Qatar-brokered peace agreement for eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), yet the ground...
By Godfred Zina In a dramatic turn that has sent shockwaves across Africa and beyond, former Congolese President Joseph Kabila has been sentenced in absentia to...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu The conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) has entered a dangerous new phase. Just as the world’s attention...
By Gregory Simpkins Recently, I wrote about US President Donald Trump’s global peace efforts. One of the peace efforts involved the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
By Mark-Anthony Johnson In March, a covert U.S. mission to secure the release of three American prisoners in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) collapsed...
By Emmanuel Musaazi Historically, during the feudal era – precolonial times – societies were organized into kingdoms and clanships. Water bodies and waterways, such as lakes...
Kenya, currently holding the East African Community (EAC) presidency, has announced a joint summit with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on February 7-8 in Dar...
By Gregory Simpkins M23 Rebels Gain Ground in Eastern DR Congo The Rwandan-backed March 23 Movement (M23) rebels, who are steadily gaining territory in eastern Democratic...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu In 2021, a coup in the Republic of Guinea ended over a decade of constitutional governance. The military justified their actions by...
Reuters | Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi on Monday appointed the country’s first ever female prime minister, naming planning minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka to...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Last week the Constitutional Court of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) validated the re-election of Felix Tshisekedi. For an election...
AFP | DR Congo’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday confirmed President Felix Tshisekedi’s landslide victory in a December election for a second term in the mineral-rich massive...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu On the last day of December 2023 Felix Tshisekedi, the incumbent president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), was the...
AP | Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi won reelection with more than 70 percent of the vote, the country’s election commission said Sunday. The...
AP | Congolese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Denis Mukwege kicked off his campaign for president in next month’s election on Saturday, promising to tackle corruption and...
Reuters | Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) President Felix Tshisekedi launched his re-election bid on Sunday in a packed-to-capacity stadium in the capital Kinshasa, urging...
AP | The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) said he will gradually ease the state of military rule in the conflict-riddled east...
Reuters | Democratic Republic of Congo’s parliament on Wednesday voted to remove Economy Minister Jean-Marie Kalumba from his post, blaming him for the soaring price of...
Bloomberg | The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) joined the East African Community (EAC), bringing the regional trading bloc’s market size to a quarter of...
Reuters | The vice president of Democratic Republic of Congo’s parliament Jean-Marc Kabund resigned on Friday over what he described as “bullying”, “humiliation” and “torture”. Kabund,...
