Joseph Kabila

Félix Antoine Tshisekedi son of Etienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba the octogenarian leader of the opposition Union pour la démocratie et le progrès social (UDPS) appears to have got the better of President Joseph Kabila just as his father did in 1991 to the late President Mobutu Sese Seko...

Moïse Katumbi Chapwe the man that opposition politicians hope could unseat President Joseph Kabila has spoken out against the government announcement that national and presidential elections should be postponed for 'two to four years'...

A lot of that is due to the fresh face he presents compared to the old faces of leaders such as Uganda's Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Rwanda's Paul Kagame and Congo-Kinshasa's Joseph Kabila...

Lambasted by civil activists for its opaque trading deals with corrupt and oppressive regimes such as General Sani Abacha's in Nigeria and President Joseph Kabila's in Congo-K five years ago it heralded a new era of transparency with a public listing...

The move in late June appears to be the opening salvo in an offensive by President Joseph Kabila Kabange to pre-empt and stifle the political ambitions of his rivals...

The political climate has heated up this year since Parliament blocked President Joseph Kabila's bid to change the constitution and get himself a third term (AC Vol 56 No 12 Talking longer term)...

Some political considerations will come into play and the Dam announcement could well be used by President Joseph Kabila in his efforts to extend his term of office (see Pointer Talking longer term)...

Having failed to get Parliament to change the constitution to give him another term in office President Joseph Kabila launched a new 'political dialogue' on 1 June – apparently to extend his current term...

Other Presidents seeking to stay on past their legal limit include Congo-Brazzaville's Denis Sassou-Nguesso Congo-Kinshasa's Joseph Kabila and Rwanda's President Paul Kagame...

President Joseph Kabila still seems intent on finding a way to stay in power even though the constitution forbids it and a growing coalition of political forces hopes his fellow Katangese Katumbi can stand in his way (AC Vol 56 No 7 Game of provinces)...