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An agenda for constitutional reform in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) 11 December 2024
President of Democratic Republic of the Congo defends constitutional reform in parliament30 October 2024
In Democratic Republic of the Congo, president announces plans for constitutional reform commission
Democratic Republic of the Congo faces another postponement of elections21 December 2018
A candidate in upcoming presidential elections in DR Congo said Thursday that the national election commission had confirmed the long-delayed vote would be post…
DRC's Kabila won't change constitution to seek third term; opposition parties unconvinced 14 July 2016
Congo's leading opposition party says it is unconvinced by assurances that President Joseph Kabila will abide by the constitution ahead of a presidential electi…
DRC presidential ally floats the possibility of constitutional referendum to abolish term limits 6 June 2016
A top ally of Congolese President Joseph Kabila on Saturday raised the possibility of a constitutional referendum to alter the number of terms he can serve, def…
Op-ed: DRC, term limits, constitutional 'coups', and the African Union's key role 18 May 2016
Nineteen years ago today, on 17 May 1997, Laurent Désiré Kabila overthrew Mobutu Sese Seko, the president of what was then Zaire. Although he was supported by a…
DRC's Kabila to stay in power if elections not held, despite constitutional terms12 May 2016
The Constitutional Court of the Democratic Republic of Congo has ruled on Wednesday that President Joseph Kabila would stay in power beyond the end of his manda…