The Democratic Republic of Congo is in turmoil - fighters from the notorious M23 rebel group have been surging through the ...

With no serious institutions in the form of legislature, judiciary, the opposition, or civil society to check his power, ...

In 2018, Corneille Nangaa orchestrated the heavily criticised vote that handed President Felix Tshisekedi power. Today, he is the public face of a sprawling coalition of Congolese politicians and ...

General Mobutu seized power in the Congo in 1960 with CIA backing after the Belgians abandoned their former colony. His first coup eliminated the Soviet-backed Prime Minister, Patrice Lumumba ...

fought to rid the country of the dictatorial and corrupt rule of Mobutu Sese Seko. Civilians bore the brunt of the conflict as both sides resorted to extrajudicial executions and arbitrary ...

However, it did happen in 1997, when Rwanda-backed forces ousted long-time leader Mobutu Sese Seko. Nangaa's comments will increase anger in Kinshasa, which has accused neighbouring Rwanda of ...

For sapeurs, appearance is a powerful way to make an impression and stand out in an environment often defined by hardship.

Between 1996 and 2003 Rwanda and other regional powers fought over the spoils left by the dictatorship of Mobutu Sese Seko, who misruled Congo, which he renamed Zaire, from 1965 until 1997.

Like a vast historical puzzle, this film pieces together the tragic history of a country, and its self-styled leader - the dictator, Mobutu Sese Seko, "King of Zaïre".

End Congo clash for Africa to move ahead The recent killings of more than 700 people in the Goma region of Eastern Congo are sad memories of the history of wars and instability that continue to rock ...

when a Rwanda and Uganda-backed alliance overthrew the ageing autocrat Mobutu Sese Seko. "Our objective is neither Goma nor Bukavu but Kinshasa, the source of all the problems," he told Reuters in ...