{"id":8439,"date":"2020-05-07T15:27:46","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T15:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.congoresearchgroup.org\/?page_id=8439"},"modified":"2025-11-04T15:43:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T20:43:20","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.congoresearchgroup.org\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n    <div id=\"hero-block_4329b9eba4bade4de58d7eba44c44e14\" class=\"c-block-hero o-wrapper__inner\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;\">\n    <div class=\"c-hero js-hero  \">\n                      <div class=\"c-hero-slide c-hero-slide__inner--top-left js-hero-slide lazyload is-lazyload\" data-bgset=\"https:\/\/www.congoresearchgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Hero-Image-KST-Statement.png 2560w, https:\/\/www.congoresearchgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Hero-Image-KST-Statement-300x60.png 300w, 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We dissect the country&rsquo;s conflict and<br>represent the voice of the Congolese. Here are some of our latest research projects:<\/p>\n\n\n\n    <div id=\"latest-resources-block_4d8f68024506ea4acf4dbc174ca71e08\" class=\"c-block-latest-resources o-wrapper__inner\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;\">\n    <div class=\"c-latest-resources owl-carousel js-latest-resources-carousel\" data-blr-autoplay=\"yes\" data-blr-loop=\"yes\" data-blr-timeout=\"5\">\n                                <article id=\"post-14605\" class=\"post-14605 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-blogs c-latest-resources__item\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congoresearchgroup.org\/en\/2023\/11\/09\/dr-congo-system-vulnerability-of-the-kivu-security-tracker\/\" class=\"c-blog-item__inner\">\n                          <header class=\"o-layout c-blog-item__header\">\n                <h2 class=\"c-blog-item__title\">DR Congo: System Vulnerability of the Kivu Security Tracker&nbsp;<\/h2>\n              <\/header>\n\n              <div class=\"c-blog-item__image\">\n                <div class=\"c-blog-item__thumbnail\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"c-posts__icons-wrapper\"><div class=\"c-posts__icons tooltip\" data-tippy-placement=\"top-start\" data-tippy-theme=\"light-border\" title=\"Blogs\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"31\" height=\"32\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"c-post__icon c-post__icon--hover lazyload is-lazyload u-img-fluid\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.congoresearchgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/icon-blogs-hover-post-1.svg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.congoresearchgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/icon-blogs-hover-post-1.svg\" data-sizes=\"\"><\/div><\/div>                              <\/div>\n                        <\/a>\n                      <\/article>\n                                        <article id=\"post-14544\" class=\"post-14544 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-reports tag-rdc-3 tag-udps-2 c-latest-resources__item\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congoresearchgroup.org\/en\/2023\/09\/11\/udps-yoka-base-the-difficult-quest-to-build-a-party-led-by-the-grassroots\/\" class=\"c-blog-item__inner\">\n                          <header class=\"o-layout c-blog-item__header\">\n                <h2 class=\"c-blog-item__title\">UDPS, yoka base ! The difficult quest to build a grassroots-led party<\/h2>\n              <\/header>\n\n              <div class=\"c-blog-item__image\">\n                <div class=\"c-blog-item__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"310\" height=\"300\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail lazyload is-lazyload u-img-fluid\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.congoresearchgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/6325191905_06e55a0381_o-310x300.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.congoresearchgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/6325191905_06e55a0381_o-310x300.jpg\" data-sizes=\"\"><\/div>\n                <div class=\"c-posts__icons-wrapper\"><div class=\"c-posts__icons tooltip\" data-tippy-placement=\"top-start\" data-tippy-theme=\"light-border\" title=\"Reports\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"40\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"c-post__icon c-post__icon--hover lazyload is-lazyload u-img-fluid\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.congoresearchgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/icon-report-hover-post-1.svg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.congoresearchgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/icon-report-hover-post-1.svg\" data-sizes=\"\"><\/div><\/div>                <div class=\"c-pillar__cards o-wrapper__inner\"><span class=\"c-pillar__card\" style=\"background-color:#7d4e44;\">National Politics<\/span><\/div>              <\/div>\n                        <\/a>\n                      <\/article>\n                                        <article id=\"post-14337\" class=\"post-14337 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blogs category-congo-siasa tag-abu-dhabi-2 tag-rdc-2 tag-kagame-2 tag-kampala-2 tag-kigali-2 tag-m23-2 tag-or-2 tag-ouganda-3 tag-rwanda-2 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