Joseph Kabila

The 83-year-old Tshisekedi a mainstay of opposition politics since 1980 invited the leaders of all the main parties and factions opposing President Joseph Kabila to a conference at a luxury hotel on the banks of Lake Genval 20 minutes from Brussels...

The US government has been the loudest critic of President Joseph Kabila's efforts to delay the elections scheduled for November and his bids to hold on to power despite the expiry of his allotted presidential terms (AC Vol 57 No 11 Katumbi enlists US against Kabila)...

After coming under increased pressure to step down at the end of his legal times in office on 19 December President Joseph Kabila had defiantly raised the political temperature by apparently sanctioning an investigation into Katumbi for allegedly hiring armed mercenaries...

United States officials are mulling the sanctions demand against President Joseph Kabila's political and business allies as the country's political crisis worsens and Kabila's efforts to postpone elections look to be continuing...

'The only obstacle today is Joseph Kabila; he has totally closed political space...

The only way to avoid chaos is to get around Joseph Kabila and organise elections...

Such brazen mistreatment of President Joseph Kabila's main rival could tip widespread frustration into lasting outrage both at home and abroad...

Soon however the singer's body is to be transferred to a specially-constructed mausoleum on a site donated by President Joseph Kabila Kabange...

Good record of credible post-apartheid elections Congo-Kinshasa November Presidential & legislative Joseph Kabila tries to prolong grip on power Ghana November Presidential & legislative History of very close but credible elections Gambia December Presidential Highly repressive regime Côte d'Ivoire December Parliamentary Alassane Ouattara's 2015 presidential victory boosts his alliance Taken together these developments are likely to undermine confidence in the ballot box among losing candidates and communities...

It was President Joseph Kabila who finally intervened calling an emergency meeting of the BCC Governor and the Finance Ministry on the morning of Sunday 3 April and informing Matata that he needed to leave BIAC alone sources suggest...

Another factor in this equation is a growing thaw in relations between Monusco and President Joseph Kabila Kabanga who detested the former UN head of mission Martin Kobler...

Delays to the compilation of the electoral register have now ensured that President Joseph Kabila stays in office beyond when the next elections should take place...

Far less clear are the prospects for President Joseph Kabila in Congo-Kinshasa who has been dithering over the third-term matter...