The political dialogue brokered by the National Episcopal Conference of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), known as CENCO between President Joseph Kabila's political alliance, the presidential majority (MP) and the Rassemblement, a broad coalition of opposition groups, has hit an impasse.
Africa
Rwandan General Paul Kagame Dismisses Appeal from a Tutsi Woman For Not Having Fled Rwanda Long Before 1994
Her name is Musabyimana Mariya (see picture). She is from the Rwanda Tutsi ethnic group. According to the statement she made while appealing to Rwandan dictator General Paul Kagame, she fled Rwanda to Uganda in 1994 during the Rwandan interethnic massacres.
Dos Santos' Angola: Another Potential Democratic Transition in Africa
Angolan President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos is one of the longest serving African leaders. On February 3, 2017, he confirmed that he will not run in this year's presidential election due in August 2017.
Congolese Opposition Leader, Etienne Tshisekedi, the Lion of Limete, Has Passed Away at 84
Etienne Tshisekedi, the veteran Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)'s opposition leader, has died in Brussels, Belgium, on Wednesday, February 1, 2017. He was 84 years old.