Yet it is still well armed apparently thanks to elements within President Joseph Kabila's government in Congo-Kinshasa and can restart its armed struggle at any time despite persistent and bloody counter-insurgency operations by the national army the Force de Défense Nationale (FDN)...
Vol 47 No 8 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
They also want and predict a handsome victory for the incumbent President Joseph Kabila...
Vol 47 No 5 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
In reality it's a political problem rather than a legal one as opposition parties will use it to campaign against President Joseph Kabila and his ruling circle...
Vol 47 No 5 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
Making political capital out of this President Joseph Kabila's Parti du Peuple pour la Reconstruction et la Démocratie (PPRD) has sent two Hutu politicians from Rutshuru Sekimonyo wa Magango and Senator Mwene Songa Nyabirungo to campaign there...
Vol 46 No 25 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
The usually reticent President Joseph Kabila told journalists last week that he was really worried about voter apathy...
Vol 46 No 25 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
On 12 December the EU's External Relations Council called on President Joseph Kabila's government to push ahead with the integration of the national army and to ensure the recruits are properly paid under an EU-financed programme...
Vol 46 No 22 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
Members privately explain that some of its contents are 'ultra-sensitive' meaning that it is highly critical of members of the 'presidential space' - President Joseph Kabila and his four vice-presidents...
Vol 46 No 22 |
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President Joseph Kabila's government resents such ideas and there will be tough battles ahead...
An 8 September ultimatum by Congolese President Joseph Kabila to all foreign-backed militias and rebel groups to disarm or leave Congo expired on 30 September...
Vol 46 No 13 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
Their argument is that the power-sharing regime under President Joseph Kabila lacks legitimacy and has no right to perpetuate itself...