UN Pushes DR Congo To Abide By Deal On Elections
The UN Security Council on Wednesday warned that the Democratic Republic of Congo and the region could face further turmoil ...
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DR Congo Opposition Unveil Plans To Force Kabila Out
The Congolese opposition on Saturday unveiled a rolling programme of strikes and civil disobedience aimed at forcing President Joseph Kabila ...
US Urges UN Sanctions Over DR Congo Violence, Election Delays
The United States on Tuesday threatened sanctions against the Democratic Republic of Congo if elections are not held this year ...
DR Congo’s Opposition Blasts Election Delays As ‘provocation’
The main opposition party in the DemocraticRepublic of Congo on Monday blasted as a "provocation" and a power grab an ...
Kabila Names New Government Under Power-Sharing Deal
Congolese President Joseph Kabila named an expanded new government on Tuesday, with almost all his old team retained, as part ...
DR Congo Police Surround Opposition HQ In ‘tomb Row’
About 100 riot police surrounded the main opposition party HQ in the DR Congo capital Kinshasa Tuesday, an AFP correspondent ...
UN Council Urges DR Congo To Cooperate On Murder Inquiry
The UN Security Council on Thursday urged the Democratic Republic of Congo to cooperate with investigations of the murder of ...
DR Congo President Kabila Warns Against Foreign Meddling
The Democratic Republic of Congo will not tolerate any foreign interference in the country's electoral process, President Joseph Kabila has ...
DR Congo President Warns Against Foreign Interference
The Democratic Republic of Congo will not tolerate any foreign interference in the country’s electoral process, President Joseph Kabila has ...
DR Congo’s Kabila To Name New PM This Week
Democratic Republic of Congo's President Joseph Kabila on Wednesday pledged to appoint a new prime minister in the next two ...
DR Congo Opposition Piles Pressure On Kabila With Strike Over Election Delays
Congolese police deployed heavily across the capital Kinshasa on Monday as opposition calls for a general strike after a breakdown ...
DR Congo Tribal Rebellion
Beheadings, mass graves, kidnapped foreigners, child soldiers: a tribal insurrection in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Kasai region has killed ...
DR Congo Opposition Calls ‘ghost Town’ Protest As Crisis Grows
The Democratic Republic of Congo's opposition have called for a stay-home stoppage for Monday to force President Joseph Kabila to ...
DR Congo Unrest ‘may Delay’ Voter Registration
Rising unrest in central Democratic Republic of Congo threatens to derail voter registration ahead of a high-stakes election, the Catholic ...
Congo Opposition Leader’s Son Takes Over
The son of Etienne Tshisekedi, the Democratic Republic of Congo's late opposition leader, has been chosen as his father's successor. ...
DR Congo Cannot Afford $1.8bn To Organize 2017 Polls
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) cannot afford the cost of holding elections this year. According to Minister of State ...
Kabila Is Yet To Sign Deal To End His Rule
Senior ministers backed the deal, which would see Mr Kabila stay on until elections are held by the end of ...
Church Calls For Peace After Deadly Clashes
The Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has appealed for a resolution to the ongoing political standoff ...
South Africa Expresses Concern, Calls For Restraint
South Africa says it is concerned about the volatile political situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and has ...
Deaths Reported As Protesters Call On Kabila To Step Down
At least two civilians were killed overnight in Democratic Republic of the Congo when soldiers opened fire during clashes in ...