UN Demands Electoral Timetable For Troubled DR Congo
The United Nations on Saturday called on the Democratic Republic of Congo to publish a timetable for elections which are ...
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Painted Huts Offer DR Congo Village A Tourism Lifeline
There's no electricity and only 500 residents in the Congolese village of Makwatsha, but a longstanding tradition by its womenfolk ...
Fears Surge of A Fresh War In Congo’s Nord-Kivu
The governor of Congo's restive eastern province of Nord-Kivu urged the army Wednesday to beef up operations against a spate ...
DR Congo To Probe Ex-Minister’s Suspected Role In Kasai Violence
Parliament in the Democratic Republic of Congo has authorised the state prosecutor to probe alleged involvement by a former minister ...
UN Denounces DR Congo Tribunal’s Decision In Kasai Trial
The UN on Monday criticised a decision by a Congolese military tribunal not to prosecute seven Democratic Republic of Congo ...
UN To Send Experts To Probe DR Congo Violence
The UN Human Rights Council on Friday decided to send a group of experts to the Democratic Republic of Congo ...
Congo Peacekeepers Accused of Sex Abuse To Leave CAR
About 600 troops from Congo Republic serving as UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic will be returning home following ...
7 Militants Killed In Clashes With Army In Eastern DR Congo
At least seven militants were killed Thursday in clashes with troops involving heavy weapons in a city in Democratic Republic ...
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 ...
Govt-Backed DR Congo Militia Shot Babies, Hacked Toddlers
The UN accused DR Congo on Tuesday of backing a militia that has mutilated toddlers and hacked pregnant women in ...
‘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 ...
Experts Point Out Army Role In Kasai Massacres
Both security forces and Kamwina Nsapu militiamen are accused of murder, mutilation, rape, and destruction of property. The death toll ...
Children Raped In DR Congo Militia Violence
The United Nations has documented dozens of cases of serious child abuse including rape and kidnap in five days of ...
Children Raped In DR Congo Militia Violence
The United Nations has documented dozens of cases of serious child abuse including rape and kidnap in five days of ...
Rwanda Genocide Shaped Me, Congolese Ex-Rebel Tells Court
A former Congolese rebel commander told war crimes judges Wednesday the "horrific events" he saw during Rwanda's 1994 genocide shaped ...
DRCongo Seeks Joint Chinese-Spanish Offer To Build Dam
The Democratic Republic of Congo said Tuesday it has asked Chinese and Spanish bidders of a colossal dam project to ...
DRCongo ‘Terminator’ To Tell Judges ‘he’s A Human Being’
Bosco Ntaganda will give a full account of his role as a Congolese rebel commander in 2002-03 when he takes ...
UN Experts’ Murder Trial Resumes In DR Congo
A Democratic Republic of Congo military court held a second day of hearings Monday in the trial of a man ...
DR Congo’s ‘The Terminator’ To Testify In War Crimes Trial
Congolese ex-rebel commander Bosco Ntaganda will finally testify Wednesday in his trial at the International Criminal Court, fending off accusations ...
11 Dead, 900 Escape After DR Congo Jail Attack
Eleven people were killed and more than 900 inmates escaped Sunday after unidentified assailants attacked a jail in DR Congo's ...