This week Jason talks to Ida Sawyer, Central Africa Director for Human Rights Watch, about the recent unrest, protests, and discuss the recent shifts in civil society, politics, and their effects on a possible transition, elections, and President Kabila’s future. Podcast

This week, a Board of Inquiry commissioned by the United Nations Secretary-General submitted its final report into the murder of Michael Sharp and Zaida Catalán, two members of the UN Group of Experts who were assassinated in the Kasai region on March 12, 2017. The report, which is confidential but

Jason et Patient fêtent le premier anniversaire d’Actualité.cd et parlent de ses réussites et défis. Ensuite, ils font une analyse des manifestations, villes mortes ainsi que les attaques récentes du Bundu dia Kongo. Pour lire nos publications et vous abonner à notre bulletin hebdomadaire, veuillez visiter notre site, www.gecongo.org.

This week, Jason talks about the trio of reports published recently with Tom Wilson (Bloomberg News), and Pete Jones (Global Witness) and about broader issues facing the DRC around governance and transparency.

Nous vous fournissons un podcast extra – l’interview fait par Eric Tshikuma, redacteur en chef de www.zoom-eco.net, avec Jason au sujet du rapport du Groupe d’Étude sur le Congo, Richesses du Président: l’Entreprise Familiale des Kabila, disponible ici: congoresearchgroup.org/richesses-du-…dent/?lang=fr

For the past 20 months, the Congo Research Group has documented the vast and eclectic business portfolio of Joseph Kabila, the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and his family. This report presents our conclusions, based almost entirely on legal documents. They own, either partially or wholly, more than

Cette semaine, Jason parle avec Ruzizi Elikya (un pseudonyme), un militant de La LUCHA sur leur nouveau collectif CASC qui mobilise pour les élections en RDC, sur leur stratégie, et sur leurs contraintes.

This week Jason talks with Ida Sawyer, Central Africa director for Human Rights Watch, about the investigation authorized by the UN Human Rights Council into the violence in the Kasai region. According to the Catholic Church, the violence has killed over 3,000 people since it began in August 2016. Over

In this extra podcast Jason discusses the regional dynamics of recent Congolese events with Stephanie Wolters, Head of the Peace and Security Research Program at the Institute for Security Studies. Correction: This podcast has been reposted with a correction. We originally included a discussion about the AU Chairperson Moussa Faki’s

Une discussion sur l’entretien que Président Kabila a accordé à Der Spiegel cette semaine avec Jean-Claude Katende, President Nationale de l’ASADHO. Jason et Jean-Claude parlent du ce que le Président a dit, la réaction de la société civile, et sur l’état de l’opposition.