Though Kabila officially stepped down in 2019, he never truly exited the political stage. As a senator for life, he retained ...

Analysis - Dynamics on the ground in eastern DRC and the country's capital will test Qatar's mediation efforts.

On 23 April 2025, delegations from Kinshasa and rebel group M23’s political affiliate, Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC), declared ...

The Congolese government and opposing rebel movements have agreed to a ceasefire. It comes at a time when tensions have reached a boiling point following reports that former President Joseph Kabila ...

Gabriele Steinhauser is The Wall Street Journal’s Southeast Asia bureau chief. Before that, she covered sub-Saharan Africa ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo and an alliance of militias led by the notorious M23 rebels announced a ceasefire on ...

This comes at a time when tensions had reached a boiling point following reports that former President Joseph Kabila had ...

The Congolese government can ban former President Joseph Kabila's party, but peace in the country’s east will only come when Kinshasa addresses the threat to Rwanda from the genocidal militia, FDLR, ...

The April 23 joint announcement by the Congolese government and the AFC/M23 rebellion, under the aegis of Qatar, “constitutes an important - even decisive - step towards lasting peace” in the east of ...

The Congolese government can ban former President Joseph Kabila's party, but peace in the country's east will only come when Kinshasa addresses the threat to Rwanda from the genocidal militia, FDLR, ...

As the Catholic world begins the solemn ritual of mourning Pope Francis, a quieter but no less historic conversation is ...