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Kinshasa, Dec 23 (EFE). – Opposition presidential candidates on Saturday denounced the December 20 general elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as a “sham” and announced a protest for December 27 in the country’s capital, Kinshasa. Opposition leader Martin Fayulu posted the anouncement in a letter, addressed to Kinshasa Governor Gentiny Ngobila, on …

The Nkamira Transit Camp is packed full of people displaced from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Rwanda is accused of assisting rebels fighting against the Congolese government.

It was 20 years ago that David Chaplin, a retired headmaster from a prep school in East Sussex, first arrived in Africa. For many years his school, the peaceful, leafy Vinehall (its motto: pro aliis optimum agere, “to do our best for the benefit of others”), had been in contact with the Anglican church in South-west Rwanda through the father of one of his pupils, and it regularly raised money for children there. Having retired with a full pension at the age of 55, Chaplin decided i...

Founding a charity in Rwanda shifted his perspective on life forever. David Chaplin explains why he stayed for 20 years

The country’s election authorities say they will push ahead after the first day of voting was marked by confusion and protests across the country

The second day hearing of a case pitting a Rwandese Investor and a Kenyan Businessman over ownership of an online Company took a twist on Wednesday.

The Security Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to start the withdrawal of the U.N. peacekeeping force from Congo before the end of the year as the conflict-ridden country prepares to elect its next president on Wednesday. The resolution adopted by the U.N.’s most powerful body orders “the gradual, responsible and sustainable withdrawal” of the peacekeeping…

DR Congos election authorities said Wednesday night that voting would continue the following day in areas where voters could not cast ballots, after a general election marked by severe logistical

On December 20, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is holding its first elections since the peaceful — but contested — transfer of power in 2019 from former President Joseph Kabila to current President Felix Tshisekedi. The elections come amid a climate of instability throughout the country, underpinned by conflict in the eastern regions, economic and social crises, and mistrust between the government and opposition. USIP’s Wapoenje Dacruz Evora and Elizabeth Murray examine the maj...

Voters in DR Congo are due to go to the polls again on Thursday, in a general election marked by severe logistical troubles that meant some polling stations never opened.