Congolese deportees claim the South African government is in cahoots with the DRC’s President Kabila, who they say is stifling dissent using torture.
Three senior DRC diplomats are claiming asylum in the UK, accusing the Kabila-led Congolese government of presiding over a "climate of terror".
King Goodwill Zwelithini has slammed the protests carried out by Democratic Republic of Congo expatriates at Parliament, calling them unacceptable.
An aide close to President Joseph Kabila has been killed and the finance minister seriously injured in a plane crash in the east of the DRC.
Protesters opposed to the DRC’s Joseph Kabila are picketing outside the Mining Indaba, calling on investors to eschew the country’s mineral resources.
A police swoop on South Africa’s Congolese community — which police maintain resulted in the arrest of 150 Congolese men — has galvanised activists.
Two months after elections that were rejected by the DRC’s opposition and observers, Joseph Kabila and allies have won the parliamentary majority.
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.
Congolese nationals living in South Africa are furious at what they call politically-linked intimidation and violence by police during raids.
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/ 16 January 2012
Electoral observers have slated the DRC’s election process and questioned the legitimacy of the results, saying it was marred by irregularities.
The DRC’s electoral commission has announced that the results of the November parliamentary polls expected on Friday would be delayed further.
A rights group in the Democratic Republic of Congo has called for new elections following November’s controversial legislative and presidential polls.
Foreign experts have arrived in the DRC to look at a possible review of the November elections, which have been denounced as flawed by observers.
The dispute over the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s presidential election has fizzled out, but a crisis over legislative polls is far from over.
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/ 26 December 2011
The electoral commission in the DRC has halted the vote count for parliamentary elections until experts arrive from the US and United Kingdom.
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/ 24 December 2011
Veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, who has rejected Joseph Kabila’s re-election, held his own "swearing in" ceremony at his home on Friday.
Democratic Republic of Congo police have fired teargas at supporters of opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi and banned his "swearing-in" ceremony.
Human Rights Watch says DRC security forces have killed 24 people since President Joseph Kabila won a disputed presidential election.
President Robert Mugabe says Joseph Kabila, sworn in as president of the DRC, won a "democratic election" despite his rival disputing the results.
Joseph Kabila has been sworn in on Tuesday for another term as president of DR Congo, a job also claimed by his main rival following disputed polls.
The DRC’s supreme court has upheld President Joseph Kabila’s victory following a contested election, raising fears of more violence.
The Supreme Court of the DRC has begun hearing a suit for the annulment of the presidential election lodged by an opponent of President Joseph Kabila.
DRC opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi’s party has called for mass protests to "protect" the victory he claims to have won in presidential polls.
The European Union has slammed the results of the DRC’s "deplorable" elections, which handed President Joseph Kabila another five-year term in office.
President Jacob Zuma has called on political leaders in the DRC to keep peace in their country as election results name Joseph Kabila president.
The DRC’s president elect Joseph Kabila has admitted that there may have been errors in the voting process, but refuted claims it lacked credibility.
Joseph Kabila has conceded "mistakes" have been made in recent elections but rejects criticism by monitors that the results lacked credibility.
Violence has continued in the DRC as protesters intensify their attacks after the Carter Centre called Joseph Kabila’s election win flawed.
The Supreme Court now takes centre stage as the arbiter of a poll that five opposition candidates have rejected in the DRC’s presidential election.
Etienne Tshisekedi has rejected the DRC’s election results which made Joseph Kabila president, instead declaring himself leader of the country.
The DRC’s election commission has announced much-delayed poll results, naming incumbent Joseph Kabila the winner of another five-year term.
DRC officials have postponed declaring the winner of the November 28 presidential vote, drawing out fears the result could unleash new conflict.