Amnesty International is calling on President Felix Tshisekedi to ensure that as he establishes his government in the Democratic Republic of Congo, there will be no place in leadership for anyone suspected of human rights violations. The appeal comes as Tshisekedi has been marking his “first 100 days in office.”…
The news doesn’t comes as much of a surprise to many in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the parties of newly elected President Felix Tshisekedi and former president Joseph Kabila – with his “senator for life” role and a loyalist majority in the National Assembly – have been working…
In Democratic Republic of Congo, the launch of a new political coalition with President Joseph Kabila at the helm was overshadowed Thursday by the allegation that Kabila himself ordered the attempted assassination of Judge Jacques Mbuyi last year. Mbuyi, a justice known for his impartiality and commitment to an independent…