Democratic Republic of Congo

Politics & Policy

DRC’s anger at West over M23 justified, but government failings understated

Anti-Western protests in Kinshasa over the war in eastern DRC allow the government to blame the West after five years of limited progress, at best, in resolving the crisis
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame meets with President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo Ahead of the 74th UN General Assembly, 24 September 2019
Politics & Policy

Setting aside regional rivalries would go a long way to neutering the ADF

ADF's recent attacks highlight how regional rivalries in the Congo-Uganda-Rwanda borderlands provide the group with oxygen to survive and grow
Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), listens while Contingent Commander for Uganda, Brigadier Paul Lokech (not seen) briefs members of 09 Battalion before an advance on the town of Afgoye to the west of the Somali capital Mogadishu. AMISOM and Somali National Army (SNA) troops swept through Afgoye on the morning of the 25th May 2012 without a shot being fired, liberating the area and its population - including 400,000 internally displaced people - from the control of the Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab.
East African CommunityOpinionPolitics & Policy

DRC elections: three factors that have shaped Tshisekedi’s rocky first term

While Tshisekedi can claim some successes, including the DRC's accession to the EAC and modest economic growth, much remains to be done to improve the lives of Congo's people
Felix Tshisekedi, president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, speaks at the naming and inauguration of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Research Station in Bukavu, DRC, 8 October 2019.
East African Community

Somalia’s accession to the EAC: has it been too far, too fast?

The depth of Somalia's security problems raises critical questions about the EAC's willingness and ability to ensure peace, security, and regional stability
Hassan Mohamud, President of Somalia, speaks at the 23rd Ordinary Summit of Heads of State of the East African Community
Opinion

DRC elections: Kabila’s legacy hangs over country’s vote

Former president Joseph Kabila remains a strong presence in Congo's institutions — and that power will assert itself divisively if he decides to back a candidate ahead of the country's December elections
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame meets with President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo Ahead of the 74th UN General Assembly, 24 September 2019
Opinion

Africa’s escalating peacekeeping crisis

The premature withdrawal of peacekeepers from the DRC, Mali, and Somalia will exacerbate instability in Africa's most volatile regions
Amisom female peacekeepers from Uganda mounting an honour guard in Somalia
Politics & Policy

DRC is set to join the East African Community: what’s in it for everyone?

In February, East African Community ministers recommended the Democratic Republic of Congo's admission. The decision is set to be formalised by the bloc's presidents on 29 March
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda welcomes presidents Felix Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Politics & Policy

US sanctions Ugandan refinery over illicit gold trade

The United States has sanctioned a network of companies controlled by Alain Goetz, a Belgian businessman who owns a gold refinery in Uganda, for participating in the illicit trade of gold from the Democratic Republic of Congo
A group of people looking at gold bars
Health

Uganda vaccine trial puts African scientists at forefront of Ebola research

Researchers from Epicentre, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Mbarara University of Science and Technology and the London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene last week started a new Ebola vaccine trial in Uganda
Health care workers learn how to properly dispose of the remains of a simulated patient who died from Ebola
CommoditiesPolitics & Policy

UN report links Uganda to smuggled DRC gold, says exports are underdeclared

Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi are the main transit routes of gold smuggled from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to Dubai, according to a new United Nations report
Houses can be seen in the distance on the other side of Lake Kivu in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo. It is a verdant, lovely scene that belies the country's turbulent recent history, particularly in this region — the eastern part close to Rwanda and Uganda.
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