Kabila to step down, names Shadary as successor
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s ruling party on Wednesday named a candidate for long delayed elections due to hold in December this year. Today was the deadline slated by the elections body, CENI, for submission of candidature. The candidate is in the person of Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, a former minister of interior. His nomination was […]
Impact of the Bemba Acquittal Already Seen in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The return of Jean-Pierre Bemba to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Wednesday has once again generated attention on the militia leader-turned-politician. His return is less than two months after judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) acquitted him for the rape, murder, and pillage committed by troops in his Movement for the Liberation […]
Jean-Pierre Bemba Returns to Submit Presidential Candidacy in DRC
Jean Pierre-Bemba has returned to the DR Congo for the first time in 11 years to submit his candidacy for the nation’s upcoming presidential election. He had spent most of the the last decade in custody for war crimes. One-time warlord and former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) […]
More Challenges for Long-Suffering Civilians in Eastern DRC – UN
After months of conflict between the Hema and Lendu ethnic groups in eastern DR Congo’s Ituri region, a UNHCR team has recently been able to obtain access to the area where they met some of the 150,000 people formerly displaced people who are now returning in hope of finding their homes. Conditions are grim. In […]
Congo’s Kabila appoints army chief under U.S., EU sanctions for alleged violence
CONGO’s President Joseph Kabila has appointed a new army chief who is under international sanctions for the violent repression of dissent, raising fears of an imminent crackdown. State television reported on Sunday that Kabila had appointed General John Numbi to the role of inspector general of the Congolese Armed Forces. Numbi has been placed under […]
DR Congo President Kabila is sending signals that he is not willing to relinquish power
FOR nearly two years now, the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo have waited with bated breath to elect a new leader after President Joseph Kabila served his two-term constitutional mandate. National elections have been postponed twice and there is doubt that December 23 2018 will pass with a new president in office, even […]
Congo’s Joseph Kabila delays UN chief’s visit, refuses to see U.S. envoy Haley
CONGOLESE President Joseph Kabila has put off a planned visit this week by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and refused to see U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, who diplomats said had also separately planned to visit Kinshasa. Kabila, who succeeded his assassinated father Laurent in 2001, was busy organizing Dec. 23 elections and […]
DRC faces upsurge of violence unless a deal is done with Kabila
AMID a fresh wave of civil unrest in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the international community must question its confidence in President Joseph Kabila to achieve stability in a turbulent region. He has been at the helm since he took over as president in 2001 after his father, Laurent, was assassinated. The young Kabila […]
DR Congo Will Open Virunga, Salonga Parks to Oil Companies
Kinshasa has defended its right to declassify sections of the parks over the protests of environmental activists. The two UNESCO World Heritage sites are home to countless rare plants and animals. The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo said late on Friday that it was opening parts of its famous Virunga and Salonga National […]
Exclusive Factbox – Which Are the World’s 10 Most Dangerous Countries for Women?
India named as the world’s most dangerous country for women in a survey of global experts India was named as the world’s most dangerous country for women in a survey of global experts released on Tuesday. The Thomson Reuters Foundation survey of about 550 experts on women’s issues ranked war-torn Afghanistan and Syria in second […]
