MDVC DEMANDS PROSECUTION OF OFFICIALS WHO HARBORED M23 FIGHTERS IN KINSHASA
The Movement of Elites for Democracy and True Change (MDVC) has called on the Minister of State for Justice to...
Politics
GOMA COUNCILORS CONDEMN CENI’S DECISION TO CLOSE ELECTORAL CYCLE WITHOUT LOCAL ELECTIONS
Municipal councilors in Goma, North Kivu, have strongly denounced the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) for announcing the closure of...
CEMENT AND SPECULATION: WHEN WAR BECOMES A BUSINESS IN CONGO
In a country already broken by conflict, even the price of cement has become a weapon against the poor. For...
THE FALL OF CONSTANT MUTAMBA SHOWS HOW POWER CORRUPTS AND THEN BETRAYS
When the National Assembly voted to allow a judicial investigation against Constant Mutamba, the so-called Minister of Justice, it was...
THE FALL OF MATATA PONYO SHOWS JUSTICE STILL WEARS A MASK IN CONGO
When the Constitutional Court sentenced former Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo to ten years of hard labor, it was called...
DRC LAUNCHES NATIONAL REGISTRY TO PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
A new chapter in the protection of human rights defenders began on Thursday, September 25, as the National Human Rights...
CONGO’S ROADS OF EXTORTION: WHEN STATE AGENTS BECOME BANDITS IN UNIFORM
Every kilometer of Congo’s roads tells the same story — not of travel, but of theft. On the highways of...
WHEN SOLDIERS STARVE AND COMMANDERS STEAL
There are few things more painful than watching the men who fight for Congo go hungry because their leaders have...
KABILA’S RETURN: THE GHOST WHO NEVER LEFT CONGO
When Joseph Kabila’s plane landed in Goma on April 18, it was more than a homecoming. It was the return...
OLIVIER KAMITATU CALLS FOR FEDERALISM TO BUILD A UNITED AND PROSPEROUS CONGO
In a bold and thought-provoking article published on Friday, April 11, Olivier Kamitatu, senior member of the opposition party Together...