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US Urges UN Sanctions Over DR Congo Violence, Election Delays
The United States on Tuesday threatened sanctions against the Democratic Republic of Congo if elections are not held...
DR Congo Poll Body Says Elections ‘not Possible’ Before December
Long-overdue presidential and legislative polls can only be held at the end of year in troubled Democratic Republic of...
Zuma and Kabila To Hold Talks On Sunday
President Jacob Zuma will on Sunday, 25 June 2017, host the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), His...
‘Thousands Dead’ In Violence
More than 3,300 people have been killed in the violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Kasai region since last...
Kabila Says He Never ‘promised’ To Hold Elections In DR Congo
Congolese President Joseph Kabila on Saturday said he had never "promised anything" about whether to hold elections in...
Kabila Rival Files UN Rights Complaint Against DR Congo Govt
Exiled Democratic Republic of Congo opposition politician Moise Katumbi on Friday filed a complaint with the UN in...
EU Imposes Sanctions On Nine In DR Congo
The European Union imposed sanctions Monday on nine more officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo amid unrest...
Kabila Names New Government Under Power-Sharing Deal
Congolese President Joseph Kabila named an expanded new government on Tuesday, with almost all his old team retained,...
DRCongo, Home To A Tenth of the World’s Languages
"I haven't once spoken my mother tongue Kilokele in the 62 years I've lived in Kinshasa. None of my nine children speak...
Tanzanian High School Student Builds Solar-Powered Robot
A high school student in Tanzania has built a robot that can walk, turn its head, speak and perform other functions...
UN Seeks $65 Mn For DR Congo Emergency
UN officials launched a bid Tuesday to raise $65.4 million (59.75 million euros) in emergency funds for hundreds of...
Hundreds Protest In Uganda Capital Against ‘unfair’ Chinese Traders
Years of growing animosity at Chinese traders turned into a protest by hundreds in Uganda’s capital yesterday against...
DR Congo Anti-Government Protests Banned
Mr Kabila (C) was supposed to step down at the end of 2016 but the vote to replace him was not held Police have banned...
DR Congo PM ‘steps Down’ As Part of Kabila Deal
Democratic Republic of Congo Prime Minister Samy Badibanga has handed in his resignation as part of a deal brokered by...
DR Congo’s Kabila To Name New PM This Week
Democratic Republic of Congo's President Joseph Kabila on Wednesday pledged to appoint a new prime minister in the next...
DR Congo Opposition Piles Pressure On Kabila With Strike Over Election Delays
Congolese police deployed heavily across the capital Kinshasa on Monday as opposition calls for a general strike after...
DR Congo Opposition Calls ‘ghost Town’ Protest As Crisis Grows
The Democratic Republic of Congo's opposition have called for a stay-home stoppage for Monday to force President Joseph...
Kenyan Doctors Sign Deal To End Crippling 100-Day Strike
Kenyan doctors signed a deal on Tuesday to end a strike over pay and working conditions that has crippled public...
Kenya To Hire Foreign Doctors As Strike Talks Fail Again
Kenyan authorities said Wednesday they would hire foreign doctors to get public hospitals running again after talks...