Tshisekedi's father, Etienne, was the leading opponent of the former dictator Mobutu Sese Seko. An ethnic Luba from Congo's Kasai region, Felix followed his father there at the age of 19, when the ...

Tshisekedi, 60, son of longtime opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, inherited his father's substantial support base on his death in 2017 after years in the shadows.

DR Congo President Etienne Tshisekedi on Wednesday, September 20, met in New York, with a group of self-exiled Rwandans headed by fugitive Eugene Richard Gasana, The New Times has learnt.

ARU, Democratic Republic of Congo The opposition in the Democratic Republic of Congo are mourning the death of Etienne Tshisekedi, a veteran politician who died last night at age 84.

Kinshasa - Democratic Republic of Congo's opposition icon Etienne Tshisekedi, who pushed for democratic reforms for decades in the vast central African nation throughout dictatorship and civil war, ...

To survive in power, Tshisekedi is trying to outmanoeuvre rather than confront the Kabilists. That means spending less time in political fights and more time establishing a policy programme of his own ...

01/23/2020 DRC leader Felix Tshisekedi's first year in office has seen a tug of war with his opponents, dealing a blow to his reform promises. But DW's Isaac Mugabi thinks stability can be ...

Etienne Tshisekedi, longtime opposition leader to late Mobutu Sese Seko, declares his candidacy for presidency of Congo; says he will not take part in national unity government headed by Pres ...

Etienne Tshisekedi never got to see his son ascend to the presidency, after bitterly-fought elections at the end of last year that led to the first peaceful transition of power in the country's ...