The country’s future is inextricably intertwined with that of the planet itself. That is not necessarily a good thing
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
In his first speech since the December 30 presidential election, Kabila said he was ‘calling for a grand coalition of all the progressive forces’
Announcing the final results of the much-delayed poll, the Constitutional Court said Tshisekedi had won by a simple majority
Analysis of different sets of data have cast a shadow over the country’s election results announced last week
The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Constitutional Court said it would start hearing on Tuesday an appeal against the presidential election results
Central Africa’s giant holds the continent’s richest mineral wealth, yet its economy remains woefully underdeveloped and its people impoverished
Known as the ‘people’s soldier’, Fayulu is challenging the DRC’s December 30 election results
The regional bloc has urged ‘all political leaders to consider a negotiated political settlement for an all-inclusive government’ in the DRC
The international relations minister says the government is awaiting the final results
Martin Fayulu has appealed to the Constitutional Court to annul the provisional result which awarded victory to his opposition rival Felix Tshisekedi
France’s top diplomat says the Church’s count indicated Felix Tshisekedi’s opposition rival Martin Fayulu had actually won
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’
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 vote crowns two years of turmoil, sharpening worries that the fragile giant of central Africa may once more spiral into violence
Twenty-one candidates are running to replace Kabila, whose hand-picked successor Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary is one of the front-runners
With little over a month to go, the Congolese opposition is in disarray