Joseph Kabila

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DRCongo Bishops Urge Opposition Supremo’s Return

DR Congo's influential Catholic bishops have urged authorities to allow prominent opposition politician Moise Katumbi...

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DR Congo Postpones Vote Registration In Kasai After Killing

The Democratic Republic of Congo said Monday it had indefinitely postponed voter registration in two provinces of its...

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Militia Clashes Kill 29 In Eastern DR Congo

Twenty-nine people have been killed in three days of clashes between rival factions of a militia group in a village in...

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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...

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UN Says 17 Mass Graves Found In DR Congo

The UN said Wednesday it had found a further 17 mass graves in the Democratic Republic of Congo's central Kasai region,...

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DR Congo Suspends Military Cooperation With Belgium

The Democratic Republic of Congo has suspended military cooperation with former colonial power Belgium after Brussels...

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DR Congo Police Arrest Dozens At Banned Protest Rallies

Police detained several dozen people accused of violating a ban Monday on protests against DR Congo President Joseph...

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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...

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Kabila Appoints Bruno Tshibala As PM For DR Congo

Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila has appointed Bruno Tshibala as the new prime minister of the...

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DR Congo PM Resigns Under Power-Sharing Deal With Opposition

Congolese Prime Minister Samy Badibanga formally resigned on Friday, two days after President Joseph Kabila pledged to...

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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...

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Bodies of Slain UN Experts Flown Home From DR Congo

The United Nations said Wednesday that the bodies of two of its researchers, found in a mass grave in the Democratic...

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DR Congo President Kabila Warns Against Foreign Meddling

The Democratic Republic of Congo will not tolerate any foreign interference in the country's electoral process,...

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DR Congo President Warns Against Foreign Interference

The Democratic Republic of Congo will not tolerate any foreign interference in the country’s electoral process,...

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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...

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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...

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Pope Francis Calls For Peace In DR Congo

Pope Francis on Sunday called for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo, urging an end to the bloodshed in the...

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UN Renews Smaller DRC Peacekeeping Force

The United Nations Security Council has renewed the mandate of the peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of...

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UN Renews Smaller DR Congo Peackeeping Force

The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously Friday to renew the mandate of the peacekeeping force in the...