The parties should focus on winning seats in Parliament and at other levels of government
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
Martin Fayulu has appealed to the Constitutional Court to annul the provisional result which awarded victory to his opposition rival Felix Tshisekedi
The president-elect of the DRC says he will be the people’s president
Since his father founded the UDPS in 1982, the party has served as an opposition mainstay in the DRC
The country is in flux over a thrice-delayed presidential vote
Opposition presidential candidate Martin Fayulu earlier on Tuesday warned electoral authorities ‘not to disguise the truth of the polls’
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
Twenty-one candidates are contending the presidential elections
The vote crowns two years of turmoil, sharpening worries that the fragile giant of central Africa may once more spiral into violence
Subsistence diggers scraping a living outside the mining capital of Lubumbashi say they hope the long-delayed poll will bring political change
Twenty-one candidates are running to replace Kabila, whose hand-picked successor Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary is one of the front-runners
The president who overstayed his mandate by two years does not rule out seeking the top job again after a break
At stake in the vote is political stewardship of a mineral-rich country that has never known a peaceful transition of power since independence
With little over a month to go, the Congolese opposition is in disarray
Political tensions are rising in the DRC before the long-delayed December 23 election to select a successor to President Joseph Kabila
The inept regional organisation needs to recognise the fire and take steps to extinguish it
Emmanuel Shadary is President Joseph Kabila’s preferred presidential candidate meaning that Kabila could remain in power if not in office
The announcement came just hours before the deadline for lodging applications for the December 23 election
