Why new diplomatic moves could hit same old roadblocks ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have signed a preliminary peace deal that paves way to ...

Those involved were imprisoned, and Kabila’s son, Joseph Kabila, took power. The Second Congo War was formally brought to a close under the junior Kabila in 2002. While estimates vary greatly ...

Joseph Kabila was formally inaugurated following a long-awaited popular election in 2006. One of the most prominent rebel groups to emerge in the early 2000s was the March 23 Movement ...

The provisional agreement aimed at ending fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is expected to be signed on 27 June.

The controversy that has brought the stern, youthful minister close to his Waterloo stems from a project to build a prison in ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is teetering on the edge of internal collapse and external exploitation. Former ...

Ugandan soldiers said they ‘occupied’ two DRC towns as the Rwandan-backed M23 continues to hold territory elsewhere.

It’s a two-minute homage to President Joseph Kabila, crediting him with everything from reunifying the country after the 1998-2003 war to reviving agriculture and guaranteeing effective democracy in ...

A new transition government has been formed without the main opposition parties, and the Kabila government is lobbying African and western governments to accept the current arrangement. This seminar ...

Whether President Kabila is really guilty of treason, or whether the opposition has simply recognised a political opportunity, will yet become clear. What is undisputable at the moment is that both ...

There are times when words from the world’s most powerful table—the UN Security Council—do not merely fail to solve a problem; they actively entrench it. Such is the case with Resolution 2773 (2025), ...