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 ...
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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 former minister ...
UN Experts’ Murder Trial Resumes In DR Congo
A Democratic Republic of Congo military court held a second day of hearings Monday in the trial of a man ...
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 ...
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 ...
DRCongo Unrest Killed 390 Fighters, 124 Troops Since End March
Spiralling violence in DR Congo's central Kasai region has killed 390 tribal militia fighters and 124 government troops since the ...
4,600 People Flee Their Homes In DR Congo Daily
An average of 4,600 people flee their homes every day in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN said Monday, ...
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 ...
DRCongo Detains Suspect In Killing of Two UN Experts
A suspect has been detained in the Democratic Republic of Congo over the kidnap and killing last month of two ...
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 ...
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 ...
UN Experts ‘found Dead’ In DR Congo
Two UN experts who were missing in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been found dead, officials say. The bodies ...
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 ...
Two United Nations Workers Kidnapped In Democratic Republic of Congo
Two United Nations workers from peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been kidnapped by unknown assailants ...