Congo Study Group News Today

Ivory and other wild contraband seized by authorities is being returned to the black market in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

No one really knows who the killers are. The fighting is usually between the FARDC - the Congolese army - and militias, but also Ugandan rebels, the ADF.

Prime minister Sylvestre Ilunga lost a no confidence vote in parliament, and subsequently resigned on Friday. Analysts have said that the dismissal of Ilunga means that President Felix Tshisekedi has effectively cut any political links he had left with former leader Joseph Kabilas Common Front for Congo (FCC) party. "His removal from office confirms above all the reversal of the balance of power that has been observed for several months now between former President Joseph Kabila and the new F...