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Author: Kris Berwouts

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Kris Berwouts

Kris Berwouts studied African linguistics and history, worked for 25 years for various Belgian and international NGOs, and has worked since 2012 as an independent researcher and commentator. He is the author of Congo’s Violent Peace: Conflict and Struggle since the Great African War published in the African Arguments series and numerous articles. In November 2020, he published ‘Mijn leven als mushamuka’ in Dutch. He received funding for his research on the change of regime between Kabila and Tshisekedi from the Pascal Decroos Fund.

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    Congo-KinshasaPolitics
    By Kris Berwouts
    February 17, 2021
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    DRC: New prime minister, new era?

    Tshisekedi has outmanoeuvred his predecessor and has now appointed a PM. But is a victory for the president one for the Congolese people? On 15 February, ...
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    By Kris Berwouts
    February 3, 2021
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    Felix Tshisekedi’s Search For Real Power, Two Years On

    The situation in Congo
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  • Opposition figure Felix Tshisekedi became president after massively disputed elections in December 2018. Credit: Felix Tshisekedi - UDPS.
    Congo-KinshasaPolitics
    By Kris Berwouts
    April 2, 2019
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    DRC: President Tshisekedi’s leash just got a little tighter

    Former President Joseph Kabila’s coalition now has overwhelming control of the Senate too. When President Félix Tshisekedi became the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) new president ...
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  • The DR Congo's new President Tshisekedi officially won the December 2018 elections.
    Congo-KinshasaPolitics
    By Kris Berwouts
    January 24, 2019
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    President-on-a-Leash Tshisekedi and the DRC’s paradoxical new politics

    After a long struggle, the people have (kind of but not really) got what they want with President Kabila (kind of but not really) conceding power. ...
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  • What can we expect from the long-awaited DRC elections? Credit: UN Photo/Sylvain Liechti.
    Congo-KinshasaPolitics
    By Kris Berwouts
    November 20, 2018
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    DRC elections: The field, the rules and the potential game-changers

    Congo’s sloppy game to elections – The sequel. As the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) prepares for elections on 23 December, there are still some technical ...
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  • Supporters of Vital Kamerhe, one of the many influential figures in Congo's political landscape, in 2011. Credit: MONUSCO/Sylvain Liechti.
    Congo-KinshasaPolitics
    By Kris Berwouts
    June 15, 2017
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    Trench war: The factions that make up DR Congo’s fragmented landscape

    Explaining who’s on whose side in the country’s complex political mosaic. The Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) political landscape is highly fragmented. Both the ruling majority ...
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    By Kris Berwouts
    June 8, 2017
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    It’s no longer possible to predict what’ll happen in the Congo

    Kabila is flexing. Kasai is unravelling. Angola is smouldering.  The week before US President Donald Trump’s inauguration this January was an interesting time to be in ...
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  • Congo-KinshasaPolitics
    By Kris Berwouts
    May 22, 2016
    3596
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    DR Congo’s electoral process is at an impasse. Here are 3 scenarios for what comes next

    The Congolese government is effectively boycotting its own elections In February 2015, when the Democratic Republic of Congo’s electoral commission (CENI) published its calendar detailing all ...
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  • Congo-KinshasaPolitics
    By Kris Berwouts
    May 11, 2016
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    Moïse Katumbi and the Congo’s race for the presidency

    The influential businessman and former governor of Katanga has taken an early lead in an aggressive race, but has he made his move too early? Moïse ...
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  • Politics
    By Kris Berwouts
    October 9, 2015
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    DRC: The final countdown to the 2016 elections or just another transition?

    President Kabila faces challenges on a number of fronts, from the opposition to the grassroots to members of his own inner circle. How much longer can ...
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