The SDR windfall coupled with decade-high copper prices will strengthen President Félix Tshisekedi's hand as he breaks away from a partnership with predecessor Joseph Kabila though there is no guarantee that ordinary Congolese will benefit from the cash injection...

President Félix Tshisekedi is steadily gaining ground in his bid to assume complete political control in Congo-Kinshasa but he is playing fast and loose with the constitution in the process (AC Vol 61 No 25 President nearer to power)...

Former President Joseph Kabila is desperately seeking assurances from his successor President Félix Tshisekedi that he be guaranteed immunity from prosecution by the International Criminal Court...

Politics during 2021 will be dominated by the power struggle between the two official winners – losers in reality – of the 2018 presidential and parliamentary elections President Félix Tshisekedi and ex-president Joseph Kabila (AC Vol 60 No 2 Data leak exposes plot to steal presidential vote)...

A day after dramatic scenes took place inside the Palais du Peuple as FCC supporters clashed with those backing President Félix Tshisekedi until the police intervened enough FCC Assembly deputies switched sides and voted for a petition brought by President Tshisekedi's Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès Social (UDPS) calling for the resignation of the FCC's Jeanine Mabunda from the post of National Assembly president was successful securing 281 votes in the 500 deputy chamber (AC Vol 61 No 22 Stepping back from the brink)...

President Félix Tshisekedi faces an expectant nation...

The announcement on 21 October that President Félix Tshisekedi would address the nation in two days generated fevered anticipation that he would dismiss his government dissolve the National Assembly and decree fresh elections...

Big mouths and empty wallets United States ambassador to Congo-Kinshasa Mike Hammer is in such regular contact with President Félix Tshisekedi that many refer to him as the country's unofficial deputy president...