27 Dead, 54 Missing, In DR Congo Boat Sinking
At least 27 people have perished and 54 are missing after an overcrowded boat sank in a river in the ...
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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 this year ...
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 ...
‘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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
UN Council Urges DR Congo To Cooperate On Murder Inquiry
The UN Security Council on Thursday urged the Democratic Republic of Congo to cooperate with investigations of the murder of ...
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 troubled central ...
20 Killed In Clashes In DR Congo’s Kasai Region
Twenty people died in ethnic clashes last week in the troubled central Kasai region of Democratic Republic of Congo, the ...
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 thousands ...
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 ...
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 ...
ICC Prosecutor Warns On Spiralling DR Congo Violence
International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda warned Friday against spiralling violence in the volatile Democratic Republic of Congo, saying ...
DR Congo Probes Killing of UN Researchers
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo said Wednesday they have launched a probe into the killing of two UN ...
Bodies Found of Two UN Experts In DRCongo Amid Spiralling Violence
Two foreign UN experts who were kidnapped in DR Congo have been found dead, one of them decapitated, the government ...
Police Officers Decapitated In DR Congo
Militia fighters in DR Congo have decapitated about 40 police officers in an ambush in the central province of Kasai, ...
Militia Fighters Decapitate 40 Police Officers In DR Congo
Militia fighters in DR Congo have decapitated about 40 police officers in an ambush in the central province of Kasai, ...
UN Urges DRC To Implement December Political Deal
The United Nations said Tuesday that nearly three months after a political agreement was signed in the Democratic Republic of ...
UN Presses Search For Foreign Experts Kidnapped In DR Congo
The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday said its troops were pressing ahead with a ...