There are some positive signs for Dem Rep Congo. This past summer, President/dictator Joseph Kabila finally agreed to step down and hold presidential elections, 2 years after delaying them indefinitely in December 2016. But the opposition to Kabila has so far failed to coalesce around a single candidate to run against Kabila's candidate,[1] and of course there is no guarantee that even if the opposition wins, Kabila will accept the result without a military invasion or threat thereof to force him out, the way Yahya Jammeh in Gambia was pushed out early last year.[2]
It's hard not to be cynical about cycles of former rebel leaders and their families setting themselves up as the new dictators, but at least here, things are looking up.
[1] https://www.voanews.com/a/congo-opposition-supporters-protes...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECOWAS_military_intervention_i...