Stakes and dynamics surrounding the ordinance of 13 September 2026 Introduction The signing, on 13 September 2026, by President Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi, of the ordinance establishing the Preliminary Organizing Committee of the National Dialogue for Peace, Cohesion and the Refounding of the State opens a new sequence in Congolese political life. It should be clarified from…
Since 2006, the Democratic Republic of Congo has held several electoral cycles without managing to build lasting trust between citizens and their institutions. My research in political science on the erosion of political legitimacy shows that this trust deficit is not only about contested results, but about the perceived opacity of the processes themselves: who…
The name of our organisation is no accident. “Magis” is a Latin word meaning “more” — a central concept of Ignatian spirituality that invites everyone to give the best of themselves, never settling for the minimum. Former members of the Society of Jesus, the founders of CongoMagis carried this heritage beyond its religious setting to…
The DRC is home to most of the Congo Basin rainforest, the planet’s second-largest green lung after the Amazon. This exceptional heritage is both a national responsibility and a strategic asset too rarely valued as such. This article presents the analysis of our “ecological domain” commission on how the DRC could better secure recognition —…
With around 80 million hectares of arable land, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has one of the largest agricultural potentials in Africa — largely under-exploited today. A potential still to be unlocked Supporting and promoting agriculture and livestock farming as major levers of employability is one of the economic objectives CongoMagis has set for…
The digitisation of administrative services is often presented as a simple technical modernisation. It is, in fact, a lever for the deep transformation of Congolese public governance — and one of the areas CongoMagis intends to champion most determinedly. In this article, we analyse three priority projects identified by our “administrative domain” commission, and the…
Promoting a new citizenship founded on mutual respect, altruism and honesty is one of CongoMagis’s priority social objectives. But how can this ambition be translated into concrete action? 1. Raising awareness through publication Widely disseminating accessible content on the basic values of good manners, courtesy and solidarity, through regular publications like this one. 2. Supporting…
Training our compatriots, political cadres specifically, in a better approach to political vocation: this is one of CongoMagis’s most ambitious objectives in the political domain. Seminars, conferences and debates Our approach rests on three complementary formats: in-depth seminars on major national issues, more informal morning reflection sessions, and public conference-debates. Drafting credible programmes Beyond reflection,…