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Record Haul of Pangolin Scales Seized In Malaysia

Malaysian customs officers have seized more than 700 kilograms of pangolin scales, the country's largest haul of the...

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DRCongo, Home To A Tenth of the World’s Languages

"I haven't once spoken my mother tongue Kilokele in the 62 years I've lived in Kinshasa. None of my nine children speak...

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Congolese Plantation Sprouts Art Centre To Help the Poor

There is no tap water, electricity or shops in Lusanga, a Congolese town once known as Leverville where the...

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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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Golden Tulip Kumasi City Appoints New GM

Golden Tulip Kumasi City, the leading hotel in Kumasi, has Mr Stephane Robert as its new General Manager. Mr Robert...

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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...

International

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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DR Congo Tribal Rebellion

Beheadings, mass graves, kidnapped foreigners, child soldiers: a tribal insurrection in the Democratic Republic of...

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DR Congo Opposition Calls ‘ghost Town’ Protest As Crisis Grows

The Democratic Republic of Congo's opposition have called for a stay-home stoppage for Monday to force President Joseph...

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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...

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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...

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ICC Awards ‘symbolic’ $250 Each To Congo War Crimes Victims

In its first such decision, the International Criminal Court on Friday awarded $250 dollars as "symbolic" damages to...

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Banned Ghanaian Referee Lamptey’s History of Questionable Decisions

Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey‚ who is at the centre of a match fixing scandal involving Bafana Bafana‚ has a long...

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Rags, Not Riches, Defining Africa’s Urban Explosion

Anarchic architecture, unchecked pollution and high costs of living are the lot of African city dwellers, experts warn,...