DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Authorities in Congo have asked the country's Senate to lift the immunity of former President Joseph ...

He took over leadership of the country in 2001 at the age of just 29, after his father and former coup leader, President ...

But to understand why the Congolese state is weak, it is necessary to take a more expansive view – such as that of Jason ...

The Congolese government and opposing rebel movements have agreed to a ceasefire. It comes at a time when tensions have ...

But Yvon Muya, a researcher at the School of Conflict Studies at Saint Paul University Ottawa, Canada told DW that seizing Kabila's assets could be a grave mistake. "Kabila is a former head of state.

Kabila’s relationship with President Tshisekedi ... about 4,000 soldiers from neighbouring Rwanda. Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has not explicitly denied supporting the group.

The interior and justice ministries have announced the initiation of legal proceedings against the former leader, as well as the seizure of Kabila's assets. But Yvon Muya, a researcher at the School ...

This comes at a time when tensions had reached a boiling point following reports that former President Joseph Kabila had returned to Congo.Observers are approaching the truce that was signed between ...