Demokratische Republik Kongo

The United Nations' top human rights official voiced alarm on Sunday about rising ethnic tension and calls to violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo following disputed elections.

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has deployed a mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with the major aim of restoring peace and security in the eastern part of the sprawling central African country.

One of the presidential candidates in the Democratic Republic of Congo has filed a petition to challenge the re-election of incumbent President Félix Tshisekedi.

Provisional results show Felix Tshisekedi has won a second term, to be confirmed on January 10. He will have to face political animosity, unresolved security and economic challenges and regional tensions.

The UN peacekeeping operation in Mali is poised to complete its drawdown on Sunday following a decade of multifaceted efforts to support the West African nation and its people after Malian authorities requested earlier this year to end the mission by 31 December.

Voters in DR Congo are due to go to the polls again on Thursday, in a general election marked by severe logistical troubles that meant some polling stations never opened.

The East African Community Regional Force (EACRF) on Thursday completed its exit from Goma, citing a mixture of successes and drawbacks during its stay in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

The Security Council today extended for one year the mandate of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and set out a comprehensive disengagement plan that includes three distinct and successive phases and the gradual handover of responsibility to the Government. … The drawdown will start by the end of 2023 amid the election cycle.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) fourth election on 20 December will occur against a protracted conflict shaping the nation’s political landscape. These polls are plagued by numerous interconnected challenges likely to result in contested outcomes and political unrest.

A 72-hour ceasefire has been agreed to by the parties involved in the conflict in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and is backed by both the DRC and Rwanda, the white house said on Monday.