Center for Security Studies

More Continuity than Change in the Congo

Euro Atlantic

Understanding the latest election results in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) requires an unprejudiced analysis of the political system. Political power in the DRC is negotiated through complex networks that mix formal and informal notions of statehood. Actors’ relations to each other can quickly shift between symbiosis and conflict, which fosters violence, corruption and underdevelopmen

by Carla Güntert
DR Kongo
On 30 December 2018, the DR Congo conducted general elections. A woman is waiting to cast her vote at a polling station in the capital Kinshasa. Baz Ratner / Reuters

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