Congo-Kinshasa

  • Mar 10, 2016
  • 7 min read

Congo-Kinshasa leader faces unrest on multiple fronts

Opposition to the president is growing as he seeks to stay in power and fails to calm the volatile east

Congo-Kinshasa
  • Feb 15, 2016
  • 2 min read

Third-term question mars Congo-Kinshasa's stability

The president is widely suspected of planning to run for an unconstitutional third term in office

Congo-Kinshasa
  • Jan 14, 2016
  • 7 min read

COP21 will boost green energy investments globally

Fossil fuels are in a secular downtrend, while commodity inputs into renewables will have the upside

International
  • Dec 8, 2015
  • 7 min read

DRC unrest set to escalate again in early 2016

As political elites play a waiting game ahead of the end of Kabila's constitutional term, the chance of unrest grows

Congo-Kinshasa
  • Nov 10, 2015
  • 7 min read

Prospects for East Africa, Great Lakes, Horn in 2016

The fallout from controversial presidential term limits will be one of next year's defining features

East Africa
  • Nov 2, 2015
  • 2 min read

Uncertainty over polls compounds DRC instability risk

Divisons are growing within the government over what to do when Kabila is due to leave office next year

Congo-Kinshasa
  • Oct 30, 2015
  • 2 min read

DRC's interim provinces serve Kabila's political aims

Kabila's appointment of interim provincial governors has attracted significant criticism for being undemocratic

Congo-Kinshasa
  • Oct 28, 2015
  • 7 min read

Congo revenue shock stokes political uncertainty

Low copper prices present the government with economic problems -- but also political opportunities

Congo-Kinshasa