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Constant Omari Blasts DR Congo Sports Minister After His Detention Over Alleged Corruption

DR Congo FA president Constant Omari Selemani has accused the country's sports minister  Papy Nyango of witch-hunting...

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CAF Vice President Constant Omari Arrested In DR Congo Over Alleged $1m Corruption Claims

The 2nd Vice President of CAF Constant Omari has been arrested and placed in police custody in the DR Congo over $1m...

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Ex-Ghana U20 Star Abeiku Quansah Close To Signing For Daring Club Motema Pembe

Former Ghana youth player Abeiku Quansah is close to joining DR Congo side Daring Club Motema Pembe after a successful...

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UN Names Experts For DR Congo Massacres Probe

The United Nations named three international experts on Wednesday to investigate atrocities in the Kasai region of the...

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DR Congo Opposition Unveil Plans To Force Kabila Out

The Congolese opposition on Saturday unveiled a rolling programme of strikes and civil disobedience aimed at forcing...

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UN To Close Five Peacekeepers’ Bases In Eastern DRCongo

Five UN peacekeepers' bases in the Democratic Republic of Congo are to close at the end of July, the UN mission there...

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Tribal Militia Kidnap Two Priests In DR Congo

Tribal militia forces have kidnapped two Roman Catholic priests in the troubled North Kivu province of the Democratic...

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DR Congo Poll Body Says Elections ‘not Possible’ Before December

Long-overdue presidential and legislative polls can only be held at the end of year in troubled Democratic Republic of...

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Eight DR Congo Soldiers Get Stiff Jail Terms For Kasai Killings

A military court in DR Congo on Thursday handed stiff jail terms, including life imprisonment, to eight soldiers for...

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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...

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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 to help...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Zimbabwe’s Musona Bags Treble While Ghana Hit Five

Knowledge Musona celebrated his first match as Zimbabwe captain with a sensational hat-trick in a 3-0 win over Liberia...

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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...

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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 source...

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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...