For Congo's political opposition, the timing of Etienne Tshisekedi's death couldn't be worse. The vast Central African country is finely poised between progress and chaos. After the failure of ...

An ex-prime minister and former ally of notorious dictator Mobutu Sese Seko, veteran politician Étienne Tshisekedi, is preparing once more to pick up the opposition baton in Democratic Republic ...

News about Etienne Tshisekedi, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Etienne Tshisekedi, the 84-year old long-time opposition leader and force for political openness in Congo, died Wednesday in a hospital in Brussels, after suffering from a long-standing illness.

Congo's opposition icon Etienne Tshisekedi , who pushed for democratic reforms for decades in the vast Central African nation throughout dictatorship and civil war, has died, his political party said.

Opposition icon Etienne Tshisekedi, whose son is now Congo’s president, was laid to rest Saturday in his homeland more than two years after he died during a political stalemate over the country ...

Tshisekedi became president in 2019 after emerging from the shadow of his father, who was one of Congo's most population figures. The presidency eluded Etienne Tshisekedi, but his 2017 death ...

When Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi was declared the winner of another disputed election on Sunday, he pledged be a leader for all its 100 million people.

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi faces off against more than two dozen rivals in a general election on Wednesday. His rivals include old foes such as Martin Fayulu, who came ...

News about Etienne Tshisekedi, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.