The fight for control of eastern Congo-Kinshasa is intensifying in the weeks leading up to the country's elections due on 20 December. At the centre of it is Rwanda. The Kigali gov...

For now, the national presidential and polling elections are still set for 20 December, but many political activists suspect the government could still change the schedule. The mos...

President Félix Tshisekedi may be readying himself for a re-election campaign but the conflicts in the country's eastern provinces are raging on and threatening national sov...

A top ally of presidential candidate and Katanga province governor Moïse Katumbi has been murdered in Kinshasa, leading to speculation that would-be presidential candidates ar...

In one of the most egregious mining contracts signed so far by President Félix Tshisekedi's government, he has endorsed the award of 'exclusive rights' over the country's en...

International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan has announced plans to carry out a preliminary investigation of alleged human rights abuses in North Kivu by the M23 militi...

Hopes that President Félix Tshisekedi's trip to China would result in a major minerals trading deal and the start of a renegotiation of existing mining deals with Chinese co...