Tagged: Joseph Kabila

Orphee Tamba

Democratic Republic of Congo: the long journey towards the alternation

57 years after independence, the DRC is still struggling to achieve its first democratic alternation at the top of the state. Yet a few months ago, the majority of Congolese aspired to witness the very first peaceful handover of power between the current President of 16 years, Joseph Kabila, and the newly sworn in president. […]

The Election Network

The trouble with DR Congo’s elections

Joseph Kabila, son of long time rebel, former AFDL leader and president of the Democratic Republic of Congo Laurent-Désiré Kabila, took over the presidency after the assassination of his father in 2001. He was elected as president in 2006. In 2011, he was elected for a second term. Kabila’s second term expired on November 2016 […]