Congo-Kinshasa

The military has killed at least 43 civilians in a crackdown on an unauthorised protest

Some opposition parties plan to boycott December’s elections but others do not

The murder of a leading opposition figure ahead of elections has generated recriminations against the government

The M23 rebellion has dominated headlines but is only a small part of a much larger security crisis

A brutal rebel attack on schoolchildren in the DRC-Uganda border area has provoked shock and anger

Authorities accuse the main opposition camp of plotting with Rwanda and the M23 to overthrow the government

Election preparations are intensifying but so are electoral tensions

The president wants to review a mining agreement with Chinese state-owned firms once hailed as the “deal of the century”