Review of African Political Economy, Vol. 29, No. 93/94, State Failure in the Congo: Perceptions & Realities (Le Congo entre Crise et Régenération) (Sep. - Dec., 2002), pp. 411-430 (20 pages) ...

(Reuters) - Congo's former President Joseph Kabila has initiated talks with opposition politicians about the country's political future as Rwanda-backed rebels seize territory in the east ...

The First Congo War (1996–1997 ... and refrain from efforts to affect one another’s political systems. Despite the agreement and initial promise of a seventy-two-hour ceasefire ahead of ...

KINSHASA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will begin political consultations on Monday to form a government of national unity amid a deepening security crisis ...

Purportedly launched to promote reconciliation, the UPC quickly became a predominately Gegere-led political party intent on promoting the interests of the Hema and related Gegere. It came to power ...

(JTA) — The ancestry of the son of a Jewish refugee in the Democratic Republic of Congo has emerged as a flashpoint for a political crisis that is threatening the integrity of the massive ...

Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, one of Kabila's political party leaders, told Reuters that while it would be "good" to exclude Tshisekedi from talks about Congo's political future, it was important to ...

Southern African leaders have subtly endorsed a political solution to the DR Congo conflict, terminating a military mission they had deployed there more than a year ago. The decision means troops ...