At the end of our work, which consisted of presenting the difficulties faced by customary authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the face of conflicts over customary power. The case of the Maduda sector', far be it from us to claim to have exhausted the immense material relating to our subject, but an effort has been made to reach the end of our investigation. In order to complete this work and arrive at logical constructions, we have, in addition to the introduction, dealt with in the first chapter, analysed the general notions of customary authority in the DRC, its rights and obligations, its organisation and its mission.