The parties should focus on winning seats in Parliament and at other levels of government
As we commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, we cannot keep excusing the crimes of Rwanda’s current government
South Africa is bankrolling a huge hydroelectric project in the DRC — but the risks are enormous and the benefits meagre
The current Ebola outbreak in the DRC is devastating vulnerable communities already affected by displacement and violence
It doesn’t matter how effective the medicine is if affected communities don’t trust the people who administer it
Home to nearly one million people, Bunia is the latest Congolese city to report an Ebola infection
A French court will on Monday announce a verdict in the trial in absentia of the Congolese music star, accused of sexual assaulting his dancers
The DRC’s former president has his eye on a long-term goal — to become of member of the Class of 2034 of lifelong leaders
Analysis of different sets of data have cast a shadow over the country’s election results announced last week
Aid has never been just about helping people. It’s also about gaining influence and exercising soft power
Known as the ‘people’s soldier’, Fayulu is challenging the DRC’s December 30 election results
The international relations minister says the government is awaiting the final results
But there are fears that Felix has been co-opted by Joseph Kabila, who controls the electoral commission
France’s top diplomat says the Church’s count indicated Felix Tshisekedi’s opposition rival Martin Fayulu had actually won
Instead, it masks the paucity of effective government and is not resulting in development
The country is in flux over a thrice-delayed presidential vote
Efforts to pull off democratic elections that could pass muster in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are hanging by a thread
The December 30 vote saw 21 candidates run to replace President Joseph Kabila, who has ruled the vast, conflict-ridden country for almost 18 years
The DRC has never had a peaceful transition of power since independence from Belgium in 1960, and bloodshed marred elections in 2006 and 2011
Twenty-one candidates are contending the presidential elections
Even as the DRC prepares to vote on its future, it is impossible to escape its past. And once you start looking for ghosts, you see them everywhere
The president who overstayed his mandate by two years does not rule out seeking the top job again after a break
The Congolese capital does not have a functioning garbage collection system. Consequences for the health of the "Kinois" are catastrophic
At the African forensics school, students learn to manage death with dignity
Over 200 people have died in the worst outbreak of Ebola on record in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The minister has taken issue with a meeting of DRC leaders that excluded the ruling party
Our computers and phones keep us connected but a key ingredient in them keeps children as young as six locked in a vicious cycle for about R26 a day.
Political tensions are rising in the DRC before the long-delayed December 23 election to select a successor to President Joseph Kabila
Fighting in Kivu, a region in the east of the vast powder-keg state of the Democratic Republic of Congo, first flared a generation ago
South Africa and the DRC have enjoyed a cordial relationship for years but things seem to be on shaky ground
East Africa is home to some of the largest and deepest lakes in the world. But many of them also mark the borders between countries
The DRC’s election commission ruled out Bemba running on the basis that he was "convicted by the International Criminal Court" for bribing witnesses