Near-miss for democracy in DRC
The DRC’s long-delayed elections unseated the ruling candidate but fell short of a wholesale democratic transition. Analysis by Tom Collins. The world awoke on 10 January …
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Africa’s ruling dynasties
Never before have ruling dynasties been of more importance as a focus of political analysis around the world than today. As democratic institutions extend themselves …
DR Congo – Trouble in the East
As the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) says it will push back next month’s presidential election to April 2018, over 50 armed …
Will DRC’s Kabila hold on?
President Kabila of the DRC is a man in good company. Like neighbours Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo Brazzaville, Burundi’s Pierre Nkurunziza and Rwanda’s Paul Kagame, Kabila is manipulating the judicial process to stay in power.