Congo-Kinshasa

  • Mar 6, 2017
  • 2 min read

Congolese opposition group could split further

A senior leader from a main opposition group is expelled in a further sign of opposition disunity

Congo-Kinshasa
  • Mar 3, 2017
  • 2 min read

Congolese opposition unity is tenuous

Felix Tshisekedi takes a leadership role in the opposition coalition but may face internal fracturing

Congo-Kinshasa
  • Feb 22, 2017
  • 7 min read

Congolese economy needs more than high resource prices

Lower commodity prices have eroded macroeconomic stability in the DRC in a period of political turbulence

Congo-Kinshasa
  • Feb 16, 2017
  • 2 min read

Funding shortages raise doubts over Congo’s 2017 vote

A minister says the state lacks funds to hold a vote this year in the latest sign that a political standoff may persist

Congo-Kinshasa
  • Feb 14, 2017
  • 2 min read

Miners look past Congolese political uncertainty

Glencore increases ownership stake in two copper and cobalt projects

Congo-Kinshasa
  • Feb 2, 2017
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Opposition leader’s death complicates Congolese deal

Etienne Tshisekedi dies as the opposition struggles to finalise details of a political accord in Kinshasa

Congo-Kinshasa
  • Jan 27, 2017
  • 2 min read

Congolese mine deal expands Chinese copper exposure

The state-owned mining company has dropped objections to Chinese acquisitions of a large copper and cobalt mine

Congo-Kinshasa
  • Jan 23, 2017
  • 2 min read

Unresolved deal details risk an impasse in Kinshasa

Parties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are stuck over several details of a political accord

Congo-Kinshasa