The overstuffed government has 60 members: six ministers of
state, 34 ministers and 20 deputy ministers. The presidential
alliance takes 18 places, 15 of those for President Joseph
Kabila's own Parti du Peuple pour la Reconstruction et
la Démoc...
If accepted, President Kabila's win offers a chance for Congo to consolidate its political settlement and to develop its mineral resources.
Congolese President Joseph Kabila's campaign helicopter
is at the centre of a legal battle between Belgian businessman
Philippe de Moerloose and Guinea's Paramount Airlines'
Ismaël Doukouré.
Both President Kabila and challenger Bemba believe they can win the presidential poll
Nobody has won the 30 July presidential elections in results announced
on 20 August. Instead there will be a run-off between Joseph
Kabila (45 per cent) and Jean-Pierre Bemba (20 per
cent) on 29 October. Hours before the official announcement it
was c...
Voting and political sentiment is more divided than ever between
the east and west of the country
After four decades without real elections, Congolese now face
five months of voting
In these elections, the first to be held in Congo-Kinshasa since March/April 1965, no less than 33 presidential candidates are registered with the Commission Electorale Indépendante (CEI). Perhaps five are serious contenders. Of the registered pol...
Hugely expensive, massively complex, extremely dangerous, the polls will go ahead anyway
With just over a month to go until elections, unexpected alliances
have emerged. President Joseph Kabila, the Commission
Electorale Indépendante headed by Apollinaire Malu
Malu and the United Nations Security Council want the vote
to proceed as...
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