KINSHASA( Reuters)-Police in Democratic Republic of Congo used tear gas to break up clashes between supporters of the president and an opposition leader on Saturday, as lawmakers selected a new head of the electoral commission. The National Assembly chose Denis Kadima, an election expert with decades of experience, to lead the Independent National Electoral Commission( CENI), a body that political analysts and diplomats criticised for its role in the disputed 2018 vote where Felix Tshisekedi eme

KINSHASA( Reuters)-When Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi was declared the winner of another disputed election on Sunday, he pledged be a leader for all its 100 million people.... Congo is the world's top supplier of cobalt, used in making batteries for electric vehicles and cell phones, and its third-biggest copper producer.... Tshisekedi, 60, son of longtime opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, inherited his father's substantial support base on his death in 2017 afte

KINSHASA( Reuters)-Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi said on Monday he would ensure that the presence of Ugandan troops in Congo, where they are fighting an Islamist militant group alongside Congolese forces, was for a strictly limited period.... Uganda and Congo launched a joint operation this month against the Allied Democratic Forces( ADF), an armed group allied with Islamic State, but have given few details about its scope or expected duration." I will ensure that the

KINSHASA( Reuters)-Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has been re-elected for a second term after getting more than 73% of the vote in a Dec.... 20 poll, the country's election commission CENI said on Sunday. The declaration of the result follows days of opposition complaints about the way the election was conducted.... Cheers erupted from Tshisekedi's supporters present at the declaration after Kadima announced that Tshisekedi was provisionally elected....

20. Patrick Muyaya, Congo's communication minister and government spokesperson, and Tina Salama, the president's spokesperson, both denied accusations that rights and liberties were being curbed in Congo.... 30, according to the military prosecutor, when soldiers opened fire on demonstrators who were gathering to protest against the presence of U.N. peacekeepers and other foreign forces.A Congolese colonel has been found guilty of murder and other crimes related to the killings.... Three other