22 Feb 2013 00:00 - Roy Greenslade The editor of a daily newspaper in the Democratic Republic of Congo has begun serving a six-month jail term after being convicted of criminal libel.
15 Feb 2013 00:00 - Gregory Mthembu-Salter Activists say the arrest of 20 people for plotting a coup was 'concocted' to curry favour with Kabila. Gregory Mthembu-Salter reports.
30 Nov 2012 00:00 - Gregory Mthembu-Salter Even if the M23 rebels leave Goma, as promised, their invasion is a threat to President Joseph Kabila.
24 Nov 2012 13:22 - Sapa-AFP Rwandan President Paul Kagame will not attend Saturday's summit in Uganda seeking a solution to the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
09 Sep 2012 08:21 - Agencies and Staff Reporter A top opposition figure in the DRC wanted by the government on treason charges is seeking asylum in the South African embassy in neighbouring Burundi.
13 Jul 2012 07:50 - David Smith The DRC's President Joseph Kabila's push for stability backfires as thousands are displaced and militias overpower his army, writes David Smith.
11 May 2012 03:50 - Stephanie Wolters Kabila has spent the first four-and-a-half months of his second mandate keeping the country in suspense about the composition of his new government.
11 Apr 2012 20:52 - Saleh Mwanamilongo The DRC's President Joseph Kabila has called for the arrest of ex-warlord Bosco Ntaganda, who has been serving the country despite ICC indictment.
21 Feb 2012 07:28 - Diane Taylor Three senior DRC diplomats are claiming asylum in the UK, accusing the Kabila-led Congolese government of presiding over a "climate of terror".
20 Feb 2012 15:11 - Staff Reporter King Goodwill Zwelithini has slammed the protests carried out by Democratic Republic of Congo expatriates at Parliament, calling them unacceptable.
08 Feb 2012 14:07 - Nickolaus Bauer Protesters opposed to the DRC's Joseph Kabila are picketing outside the Mining Indaba, calling on investors to eschew the country's mineral resources.
03 Feb 2012 00:00 - Niren Tolsi A police swoop on South Africa's Congolese community -- which police maintain resulted in the arrest of 150 Congolese men -- has galvanised activists.
02 Feb 2012 07:51 - Staff Reporter Two months after elections that were rejected by the DRC's opposition and observers, Joseph Kabila and allies have won the parliamentary majority.
01 Feb 2012 12:40 - Niren Tolsi Seventeen of the Congo immigrants arrested in Jo'burg after being singled out by an ally of DRC President Joseph Kabila have been released on bail.
26 Jan 2012 17:31 - Staff Reporter Police in the Democratic Republic of Congo have sealed off the residence of Etienne Tshisekedi and dispersed a group of his supporters using tear gas.
25 Apr 2012 11:25
Human Rights Watch has released a video calling on DRC President Joseph Kabila to arrest General Bosco Ntaganda and send him to face war crime charges.