Congolese voters have been presented with a fait accompli but their acquiescence is not guaranteed. President Felix Tshisekedi, who is midway through his second term, says the rebel...

When Modeste Bahati Lukwebo was hustled from the Senate Vice-Presidency on 18 March, accused of fiscal fraud tied to a brewery in Kivu-Sud, few in Kinshasa’s political class...

The Brussels Court of First Instance’s referral of Count Étienne Davignon, a former European Commissioner, for trial on charges relating to the assassination of Congo-Kinshasa’s first Prime Minister...

Central Intelligence Agency veterans and Green Berets are buying Congolese assets under a pact with Washington – a logic that also explains why the United States is unlikely...

Official results declared Denis Sassou-Nguesso re-elected for a fifth successive term with 94.82% of the 15 March first round presidential vote, purportedly on an 84.65% turnout. But it’s...

Neither side has blinked yet in the poker game between Rwandan officials and their counterparts in the United States and the European Union. A flurry of meetings...

President Félix Tshisekedi’s government is pressing its diplomatic advantage after the US State Department sanctioned the Rwandan Defence Force (RDF) and four of its senior commanders for their...

The most convincing sign that President Paul Biya’s powers are waning is his inability to restrain ministers and close aides openly feuding over lucrative contracts. This would have...

The inner circle around President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno ‘Kaka’ is in turmoil, especially since the fall of El Fasher, the capital of the Sudanese province of Darfur,...

In the opening days of 2026, the latest UN experts’ report confirmed the widely held view that the war aims of the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) and its...

President Faustin-Archange Touadéra’s overwhelming, and fraudulent, win at the polls in December which gave him a third term, showcases two current trends in Africa: one, the skills in...