Security forces loyal to Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila committed serious human rights violations, including killings and torture, during last year’s tense elections, the United Nations said in a report released Tuesday.
US-based NGO The Carter Center expressed scepticism Friday about the results of the Democratic Republic of Congo November legislative polls that gave the ruling party and its allies an absolute majority, saying the polls had been "compromised."
DR Congo President Joseph Kabila's People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy and its allies won an absolute majority in November's contested legislative elections, results showed Thursday.
President Joseph Kabila’s party is leading the vote count in Democratic Republic of Congo’s parliamentary election, having garnered 58 of the 432 seats counted so far, according to partial results given early Friday. Official results are due Monday.
DR Congo's Senate chief and former presidential candidate Leon Kengo (pictured) was attacked at a Paris train station on Saturday, allegedly by supporters of opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, the Congolese government has said.
Etienne Tshisekedi, who claims he was robbed of victory in the Democratic Republic of Congo's presidential election, has defied a police ban by staging his own inauguration three days after President Joseph Kabila was sworn in for a second term.
Police in the Democratic Republic of Congo fired tear gas Friday to disperse supporters of opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi as he tried to stage his own inauguration. Tshisekedi has refused to accept the Dec. 9 re-election of Joseph Kabila.
Duel inaugurations have DR Congo braced for an escalation of post-election tension, but will veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi ultimately wind up in jail or in the prime minister’s seat?
Dueling inaugurations have DR Congo braced for an escalation of post-election tension but will veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi ultimately wind up in jail or in the prime minister’s seat?
Joseph Kabila, the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has been sworn in for a second term amid tight security after a disputed presidential election his rival Etienne Tshisekedi also claims to have won.
