Scientific conference: The dialogue that challenges
On Thursday 15 October 2026 at 5:30 pm Kinshasa time, Dr Donat-Soft Mukuna Muya presents a geopolitical, institutional and strategic analysis of national dialogue.
Program
The Scientific Elite Corps of the UDPS (CES-UDPS) invites you to “The dialogue that challenges”: a geopolitical, institutional and strategic examination of the dialogue format announced on 27 August 2026, in light of thirty-five years of dialogue in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Speaker: Dr Donat-Soft Mukuna Muya, National Coordinator of CES-UDPS, specialist in new forms of conflict (hybrid warfare) and researcher at LAPODEV, University of Kinshasa. Programme: changes in dialogue methods; citizen participation and provincial forums; resistance to institutional change; a strategic reading of Kigali’s role; Joseph Kabila’s FRN and the concept of “refoundation”. Sourced facts, CES-UDPS strategic interpretations and proposals will be distinguished and open to discussion. Thursday 15 October 2026 at 5:30 pm (Kinshasa time). CES-UDPS conference room, 382 avenue Ixoras, 7th residential street, Limete, Kinshasa. Broadcast planned on the site’s Live page, subject to activation of the stream on the day. Enquiries: cafnia525@gmail.com.