In a troubled Congo, a possible changing of gears

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

Fact-checking Kabila

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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