Matata Ponyo was convicted in a case involving the embezzlement of $245 million and was sentenced to 10 years forced labour.

The charges relate to a massive corn farming project launched under Kabila’s administration, which collapsed in 2017. Investigations into the failed initiative began in 2021 under President Félix ...

Former Congolese Prime Minister Matata Ponyo Mapon was convicted of embezzling $245 million from a failed agriculture venture ...

In the middle of a trade war, Congo is trying to woo Trump’s White House without risking critical investment from Beijing.

Former Democratic Republic of Congo prime minister Augustin Matata Ponyo was sentenced on Tuesday to a decade's forced labour ...

Lt.Gen Lucien-René Likulia Bakumi the Auditor General at the Military High Court is scheduled this afternoon to appear before ...

In February 2025, rangers at Okapi Wildlife Reserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in partnership with the Okapi ...

At the height of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) conflict with the M23 rebels this year, former President Joseph ...

The Senate of the Democratic Republic of Congo met on Thursday to consider a request by the executive to lift the ...

Joseph Kabila’s immunity will undergo scrutiny in DRC’s Senate on Thursday as Kinshasa government seeks to prosecute him for ...

But to understand why the Congolese state is weak, it is necessary to take a more expansive view – such as that of Jason ...