
The stuff that politics is made of: palace intrigues, not upliftment
Politics in Kinshasa is in turmoil––the coalition between President Tshisekedi and Joseph Kabila has crumbled, leading to a radical reconfiguration of power in the country. In this season of political intrigue, however, little has been done to attend to the needs of Congolese people. Substantive discussions of how to transform

The stuff that politics is made of: palace intrigues, not upliftment
Politics in Kinshasa is in turmoil––the coalition between President Tshisekedi and Joseph Kabila has crumbled, leading to a radical reconfiguration of power in the country. In this season of political intrigue, however, little has been done to attend to the needs of Congolese people. Substantive discussions of how to transform

Rapport – Réforme de la Ceni en RDC : de nécessaires garde-fous à l’impossible dépolitisation
La réforme électorale demeure un débat permanent en République démocratique du Congo. Depuis 2006, cycle électoral après cycle électoral, les différents scrutins organisés n’ont pas permis de mettre fin à la crise récurrente de légitimité. Ce qui était pourtant l’engagement des acteurs politiques et sociaux à Sun City au début

Report – Ebola in the DRC: The Perverse Effects of a Parallel Health System
The international humanitarian response to the tenth Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) had a deep impact on social, political, and economic life in the east of the country. Today, the Congo Research Group (CRG) is releasing the first of a series of three reports on

Impacts of COVID-19 on the democratic process in the DRC
By Pascal K. Kambale In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the coronavirus crisis also has a political side. As in other countries, it will likely leave a deep imprint on fragile democratic processes and significantly distort the balance of forces between the country’s political institutions. President Felix Tshisekedi

Seize mois après l’investiture de Tshisekedi, les désillusions de la presse congolaise
Fin janvier 2019, Félix Tshisekedi promettait de faire de la presse et des médias congolais un quatrième pouvoir en RDC. Mais les grandes réformes attendues ont été repoussées et les avancées enregistrées demeurent très fragiles. Tout s’est passé comme dans un rêve. Invraisemblable. Imaginez : vous exercez dans le secteur