In a troubled Congo, a possible changing of gears

For most of the past three years, the lament of diplomats and human rights activists… Read More

Fact-checking Kabila

Last Friday, President Joseph Kabila called an impromptu press conference in Kinshasa, during which… Read More

Just three weeks after their last protest, Congolese in several major cities (Bukavu, Goma, Mbuji-Mayi,… Read More

For a long time, the opposition to President Kabila had a real problem: it looked… Read More

The stiffest, more urgent challenge to President Kabila’s rule took place in major cities across… Read More

Today, Reuters and RFI released a simultaneous articles into the killing of Michael… Read More

Congo’s national assembly passed a new electoral law today. While it has become commonplace for… Read More

On Thursday evening, a UN military base on the banks of the Semuliki river in northeastern Congo… Read More

Human Rights Watch and the Congo Research Group launched the Kivu Security Tracker today. The joint… Read More

As the tanks rolled down the streets of Harare this week, Congolese social media lit… Read More

By ELISABETH CAESENS and JASON STEARNS There will be flurry of diplomatic… Read More

By CHRISTOPH VOGEL On the afternoon of 15 September 2017, the Congolese… Read More

The Congo Research Group (CRG) conducted two years of research into the massacres around Beni,… Read More

“We reject any notion of a third dialogue with Kabila!” Was the verdict of… Read More

Since 2013, a mysterious string of mass killings has taken place around Beni, in northeastern… Read More