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 ...
Tag: Democratic Republic of Congo
Kidnapped US Journalist In DR Congo Found Safe and Sound
A US journalist kidnapped by a militia group in Democratic Republic of Congo was found safe and sound early Sunday, ...
Rwanda Opposition In Uphill Battle Against Powerful Kagame
On the impeccably clean streets of Rwanda's capital, where a skyline of gleaming new buildings pokes through undulating hills, few ...
Oladipo, Lowry, Porzingis Join NBA’s Africa Game Lineups
NBA standouts Kyle Lowry, Victor Oladipo and Kristaps Porzingis were among the players named by the league Thursday to rosters ...
Rooney Mania Grips Tanzania As Everton Play Gor Mahia
Latest: Wayne Rooney mania has gripped East Africa as England’s record goal-scorer makes his first appearance for Everton since his ...
DR Congo Must Identify Those Behind Kasai Massacres
DR Congo must identify both senior army personnel and politicians behind the massacres in the volatile Kasai region, a top ...
200 Green Activists Killed In 2016, Record Toll
At least 200 environmental campaigners and protectors -- 40 percent from indigenous tribes -- were murdered around the world in ...
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 ...
Rwanda Clears Two Candidates To Run Against Kagame
Rwanda's election commission on Friday permitted two opposition candidates to run against President Paul Kagame in elections due on August ...
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 Congo, ...
Ivorian Rural Hamlet Marks Role In Slave Trade
The hamlet of Kanga Gnianze is absent from many maps of Ivory Coast, but the rural community attracted stars and ...
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 killing ...
Holders Mazembe Must Win To Ensure Survival
CAF Confederation Cup title-holders TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo must defeat visiting Horoya of Guinea this weekend ...
Nothing Can Stop Us, Insists Zanaco Coach
Coach Mumamba Numba insists "nothing can stop" Zanaco of Zambia reaching the CAF Champions League quarter-finals this weekend when they ...
Far From Olympic Glory, Refugee Fights Humble Battle
What Popole Misenga remembers most is the crowd chanting his name. After a lifetime of war and poverty in the ...
Via Social Media, Priest Recounts Horror of Central Africa Violence
"Heavy gunfire in Zemio. Impossible to go out. They have cut the phones and we can't go out -- it's ...
AU Chief ‘frustrated’ By African Inaction On Famine
African Union head Moussa Faki Mahamat on Monday criticised member states for a lack of solidarity shown to nations on ...
Hundreds Practise Volcano Safety In DR Congo
More than a thousand people took part Monday in an evacuation exercise triggered by a simulated volcanic eruption endangering Goma, ...
DR Congo Declares End of Ebola Outbreak
The Congolese health minister on Saturday declared the end of an Ebola outbreak in a remote northeastern region of the ...
UN Demands Electoral Timetable For Troubled DR Congo
The United Nations on Saturday called on the Democratic Republic of Congo to publish a timetable for elections which are ...