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From JEAN KASSONGO in Kinshasa, DRC DRC Bureau KINSHASA, (CAJ News) - THE breaching of a ceasefire between the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) and the March 23 (M23) rebels could not have come at a worse time for the Democratic Republic (DRC). This setback comes as the vast Central

There are many risks looming over the next electoral cycle in the Democratic Republic of Congo. To mitigate these risks, the government should ensure that all parties can campaign freely, and African and Western powers should encourage the parties to find compromises and prepare for mediation in case it is needed.

Record 6.9 million internally displaced in DR Congo: UN - World - GENEVA: Escalating violence has pushed the number of people internally displaced within the Democratic Republic of Congo to a record 6.9 million, the United Na...

“Where France was considered the guarantor of stability in playing its role as Africa's gendarme, the debacle of the military intervention in the Sahel is reshuffling the cards.”

The President of the International Criminal Court ( ICC ) on Monday hit back at Russia’s recent decision to issue arrest warrants against senior judges, describing the move as the most notable example of “unacceptable threats and attacks” on ...

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Conflict has been simmering in eastern Congo for decades where more than 120 armed groups are fighting in the region

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni announced Saturday that the country's military helicopters launched an attack on a camp of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels, located 60 km from the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). "The attack was devastating because it was a clear target,…

Aspiring candidates a ripe mix of seasoned politicians, former allies, youthful first-timers, a woman, clerics, teachers, lawyers and even a Nobel laureate.

With little over two months until a general election, Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi on Thursday said some conditions of military rule in conflict-hit eastern provinces would be eased, partly to encourage participation in the vote. He stopped short of cancelling the state of siege in North Kivu and Ituri provinces despite pressure to do so from civil society groups and the opposition who say it has done little to contain the many militias destabilising the east since it was imposed in Apr...