Congo Fighting Keeps 150,000 Children From School
Tens of thousands of children in central Democratic Republic of Congo can’t go to school because of the violence between ...
Tag: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Police Officer Dead In DR Congo Court Attack
A police officer was killed in an attack on a court compound in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a judicial ...
DRC President Honors Former Police Chief Accused of Abuses
Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila has elevated a controversial former police chief, General John Numbi, to the rank ...
UN Rights Chief Demands International DR Congo Probe
The UN human rights chief on Friday slammed Kinshasa for not seriously investigating spiralling violence in the Democratic Republic of ...
Red Cross Urges Release of Staff Kidnapped In DRCongo
The International Committee of the Red Cross on Thursday urged the release of two of its staff kidnapped after armed ...
DR Congo Snubs UN Warning On Probe Into Kasai Violence
DR Congo authorities on Thursday rebuffed a UN warning to launch an international probe into violence in the central Kasai ...
UN Commander In C. Africa Wants Congo Peacekeepers To Leave
The UN force commander in the Central African Republic is calling for hundreds of peacekeepers from Congo Republic to be ...
DR Congo’s Tainted Ex-Police Chief Made National Hero
Democratic Republic of Congo's former police chief John Numbi, believed by regime critics to be prime suspect in the murder ...
UN Threatens DR Congo With International Probe
The UN rights chief on Tuesday gave Kinshasa a two-day deadline to show it is seriously investigating violence in the ...
US Urges UN To Investigate DRCongo Murders
The United States on Monday urged the United Nations to establish a special investigation into the murder of two UN ...
Two Men Go On Trial In DR Congo For UN Experts’ Murders
A man and a teenager went on trial in a military court in Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday, accused ...
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 the Democratic ...
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 Geneva against ...
Rights Groups Urge Probe Into Bloodshed In DR Congo’s Kasai
International and local rights groups called on the UN on Thursday to open an urgent inquiry into the months-long violence ...
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 after President ...
French Hostage Freed In DR Congo
A Frenchman who was abducted nearly two months ago in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been freed, the office ...
400,000 DR Congo Children At Risk In Violence-Hit Kasai
Almost 400,000 children risk dying of hunger in DR Congo's troubled Kasai region where months of violence has driven over ...
UN Questions DR Congo Probe of Experts’ Murder
The United Nations raised questions Tuesday about the Democratic Republic of Congo's probe of the murder of two UN experts ...
Suspects To Face Trial Over UN Experts’ Congo Slayings
Two men are to go on trial in the Democratic Republic of Congo for the kidnap and murder of two ...
Nearly 70 Prisoners Flee In Second DR Congo Jail Break
Dozens of prisoners escaped from a jail in Democratic Republic of Congo early Friday, less than 48 hours after rebels ...