Following the 2019 elections which saw Tshisekedi declared the winner despite compelling evidence that rival Martin Fayulu had won Kabila cut a deal with Tshisekedi that created a coalition government (AC Vol 60 No 6 Kabila corners Tshisekedi)...

It which promises ‘a holistic program of support to strengthen the capacity and impact of pro-democracy leaders' has built a stable of clients including Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga Congo-Kinshasa's Martin Fayulu and Senegal's Idrissa Seck but has rarely acted for a sitting government (AC Vol 64 No 19 Seck seeks DC clout & Dispatches 4/10/23 Fayulu confirms candidacy for presidential polls)...

Instead opposition party leaders Moïse Katumbi Martin Fayulu and Denis Mukwege have said they will call out their supporters to the streets to compel the authorities to hold the poll again (Dispatches 2/1/2024 Tshisekedi set for second term despite protests against 'sham' elections)...

Martin Fayulu is widely reckoned to have won the 2018 election by a landslide but was denied official recognition of his victory by the Commission Électorale Nationale Indépendante (CENI)...

Martin Fayulu who the evidence suggests was the real winner of the December 2018 presidential election which was controversially awarded to Tshisekedi has also registered as a candidate (AC Vol 64 No 1 Horse-trading risks poll delay)...