The Union pour la démocratie et le progrès social (UDPS) was known for having stood up to former President Mobutu Sese Seko, who ruled the country from 1965 to 1997. The UDPS leader, Etienne ...

Veteran DRC opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi has issued a veiled threat of renewed violence after saying he rejected early election results.

And Macron, in separate telephone calls with both Rwandan President Paul Kagame and DRCongo's Etienne Tshisekedi called for an "immediate end" to the fighting.

Former rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba has been moved from the DRC's defence ministry to the transport portfolio. It took President Felix Tshisekedi five months to form a cabinet as his coalition ...

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi was sworn in Saturday following a disputed December election, promising to unite the Central African country during his second five-year term and to protect ...

Rest of World News: The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, will be sworn in for a second five-year term before a huge crowd. The opposition has called the elections a ...

Tshisekedi became president in 2019 after emerging from the shadow of his father, who was one of Congo's most popular public figures. The presidency eluded Etienne Tshisekedi, but his 2017 death ...

1 of 3 | Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi reviews a honor guard during his swearing in ceremony for a second term in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, ...

President Félix Tshisekedi has been declared the winner of Democratic Republic of Congo’s election, which has been condemned as a “sham” by several opposition candidates demanding a rerun.

Tshisekedi, 60, son of longtime opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, inherited his father's substantial support base on his death in 2017 after years in the shadows.

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.

DR Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi has won a second term in office after elections described as chaotic, and is now set to cement his authority in the impoverished central African nation.