The Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC) Independent National Electoral Commission announced on the 10th of January, as a provisional result, that Felix Tshisekedi—leader of the Union for Democracy and ...

Roger Lumbala is accused of horrific war crimes in DRC: can his trial in France bring justice?

The army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) asked the Senate this week to revoke former President Joseph Kabila’s immunity from prosecution. Removal of Kabila’s immunity would pave the way ...

The justice minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Constant Mutamba, announced on Saturday the release of 527 prisoners from the central prison of Makala, DRC on X (formerly Twitter).

Three Americans have been transferred to the United States after their death sentences over a foiled deadly coup were commuted to life imprisonment last week by Congolese authorities, in the wake of ...

Former DRC president Joseph Kabila during the inauguration ceremony for Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, in 2019 [Jerome Delay/AP Photo] 31,228 ...

Constant Mutamba, the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Minister of Justice, has been poisoned, according to a statement from the Ministry of State on Saturday. The minister underwent medical tests ...

The peace framework was signed in Doha, the Qatari capital city, on 15 th November, 2025 by the Government in Kinshasa and the M-23 rebel group. With this development, the STBHF urges both parties to ...

Women’s rights advocates have welcomed a landmark decision by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights holding the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) accountable for widespread sexual ...

The International Criminal Court has taken into custody war crimes suspect Bosco Ntaganda, who was wanted by the ICC on seven counts of war crimes and three counts of crimes against humanity in the ...

Despite the accomplishments described above, the program has lacked ambition since its conception. Its implementation seems to be connected more with the necessity to quell more minor crime, which was ...