News | Joseph Kabila
| Six killed in 'coup bid' against Kabila | |
BBC News - February 27, 2011 | |
 | Six people have been killed in an attack on a residence of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo. An "unidentified group of armed men" attacked the residence of President Joseph Kabila in the capital, Kinshasa, a government spokesman said, describing the raid as an attempted coup. |
| Parliament Approves Constitutional Amendments | |
Congo News Agency - January 16, 2011 | |
 | The amendments were approved during a joint session of the upper and the lower house of parliament. Out of 504 voters, 485 voted for the amendments, 8 voted against and 11 abstained. As had been the case when the amendments were considered in the National Assembly and the Senate, opposition MPs and Senators boycotted the vote. |
| Senate Votes on Constitutional Amendments | |
Congo News Agency - January 14, 2011 | |
 | The Senate voted on Thursday on a bill that will amend the Constitution to limit future presidential elections to a single round of voting and increase presidential powers. Of 81 senators present during the vote, 71 voted for the bill, with 1 voting against and 9 abstaining. Opposition senators boycotted the vote. |
| China, DR Congo see great potentials for further cooperation | |
Xinhua - January 13, 2011 | |
 | Visiting Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu met in Kinshasa on Wednesday with President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo with both saying that there are great potentials for further cooperation between the two countries. |
| Opposition MPs Walk Out Vote on Constitutional Amendment | |
Congo News Agency - January 12, 2011 | |
 | Opposition MPs walked out in protest on Tuesday before a vote on a controversial bill that, if approved, will amend the Constitution to limit presidential elections to just one round of voting and increase presidential powers. |
| Opposition Mounts Against Proposed Change to Electoral Law | |
Congo News Agency - January 10, 2011 | |
 | The leaders of the main opposition parties met in Kinshasa on Sunday and vowed to put up a united front against a government proposal to limit presidential elections to just one round of voting. |
| Bemba Supporters Say War Crimes Trial is Political | |
VOA News - November 23, 2010 | |
 | Supporters of former Congolese rebel leader and former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba say his war crimes trial is politically motivated. He faces two counts of crimes against humanity and three counts of war crimes before the International Criminal Court in The Hague. |
| Expulsions mark rising tensions over resources | |
IRIN - October 28, 2010 | |
 | Angola's "very violent" expulsion of about 200 Democratic Republic of Congo nationals from its territory this month is a sign of the increasing "bad blood" between the neighbours that analysts believe revolves around border demarcations and conflicting claims to resources, particularly oil. |
| Joseph Kabila critic's 'suicide' doubted | |
BBC News - October 4, 2010 | |
 | Relatives and activists have rejected suggestions that a man arrested for throwing stones at DR Congo President Joseph Kabila's convoy had committed suicide. Armand Tungulu Mudiandambu, a Belgian resident, was found dead in his cell on Saturday after his arrest last week by presidential bodyguards in Kinshasa. |
| UN DR Congo Report Exposes Grave Crimes | |
Human Rights Watch - October 1, 2010 | |
 | On October 1, 2010, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights published the report of its human rights mapping exercise on Congo. United Nations members should make a concerted international effort to initiate judicial investigations into grave human rights violations in the Democratic Republic of Congo documented by the UN and bring those responsible to justice. |
