Nov. 17 World News Summary At 0030 GMT
LONDON — A London tram was travelling at 70 km/h when it derailed and overturned on a bend with a speed limit of 20 km/h, killing seven passengers, an interim report revealed Wednesday. The...
Tag: Democratic Republic of Congo
Allowing African Mistakes? Reflection On President Mahama’s Address To The UN General Assembly
It is common knowledge that President Mahama has referred to Ghanaians as a people who have short memories. Perhaps, the president is right about a certain category of Ghanaians but not academics....
Shall We Put Africa Up On Stock Exchange?
Shall we put Africa up on stock exchange? It takes nothing to be president of an African country. Perhaps, I’ll modify the statement slightly. It takes something: greed. To trace the causes of...
Why Trump Is Pursuing Africans
Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election means an uncertain future for Africa. His rival Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by a landslide – at least among those in Barack...
Is Africa On Donald Trump’s Radar?
Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election means an uncertain future for Africa. Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election means an uncertain future for Africa. His rival...
Mazembe Displaces Bejaia To Take African Confederation Cup
Zambia international Rainford Kalaba scored twice as TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo beat Algeria’s Mouloudia Bejaia 4-1 at home on Sunday to win the African Confederation Cup for...
Mazembe Beat Bejaia To Win African Confederation Cup
Zambia international Rainford Kalaba scored twice as TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo beat Algeria's Mouloudia Bejaia 4-1 at home on Sunday to win the African Confederation Cup for the...
The Pooling Effect
"...until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned: That until there are no longer first-class and second class citizens...
African Countries Uniting Against ICC
South Africa and Burundi's decision to quit the International Criminal Court (ICC) and an attack by Gambia against its supposed 'Caucasian' justice are likely to embolden other African states to...
Recipe For Free And Fair Elections
Institutions of state bending to the will and wishes of the incumbent spark anger, frustration and eventual societal implosion. When an incumbent's back is to the wall and is desperate, it would...
Kenya’s Economy To Remain Strong As Continent Shrinks To 20-Year Low
Kenya will shrug off the slump in growth on the continent to be among the best performing economies in Sub Saharan Africa. The continent is set to slow to its lowest level in more than 20 years. The...
Congolese Football Fans Unite Against President Kabila
Football fans in the Democratic Republic of Congo are becoming vocal in the their opposition to delayed presidential elections. During matches they remind President Joseph Kabila that his term is...
DR Congo’s Bemba Found Guilty At ICC of Witness Bribing
Former Congolese Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba has been found guilty by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of bribing witnesses. Bemba was found guilty earlier this year of war crimes and...
France Says Congo Election Delay Not Answer To Crisis
A decision to push back presidential elections in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to 2018 is not the answer to the crisis there and risks fuelling an escalation in violence, French foreign...
16 People Killed In Dr Congo Over Caterpillar Tax
The insects are harvested from trees, smoked and often eaten with sauce. At least 16 people have been killed in inter-ethnic clashes in Katanaga province, in the southeast of the Democratic Republic...
EU Warns DR Congo of Sanctions Over Elections
THe European Union (EU) has warned the Democratic Republic of Congo's government that it could face sanctions if it fails to hold early elections. President Joseph Kabila's second and last term is...
DRC ‘dialogue’ Aims To Set Eections For April 2018
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, participants in an African Union-mediated dialogue are expected to unveil a controversial deal to hold elections in April 2018. The country’s main opposition...
South Sudan’s Machar ‘in South Africa For Treatment’
Riek Machar, who was sacked as South Sudan's vice-president in July after heavy clashes in the capital, Juba, is in South Africa to receive medical treatment, according his spokesman, quoted by...
Warning of More Street Violence In DR Congo
At least 32 people were killed in the September demonstrations The International Crisis Group (ICG) think-tank has called for forceful international diplomacy to put the electoral process back on...
ICC To Hear DR Congo Reparation Case
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is holding its first public hearings into compensation, focusing on child soldiers recruited in the Democratic Republic of Congo by former warlord Thomas...