DRCongo ‘Terminator’ To Tell Judges ‘he’s A Human Being’
Bosco Ntaganda will give a full account of his role as a Congolese rebel commander in 2002-03 when he takes ...
Tag: Democratic Republic of Congo
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 ...
DR Congo’s ‘The Terminator’ To Testify In War Crimes Trial
Congolese ex-rebel commander Bosco Ntaganda will finally testify Wednesday in his trial at the International Criminal Court, fending off accusations ...
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 in ...
Tanzania Signs $154 Mln Contract With Chinese Firm To Expand Main Port
Tanzania's government signed a $154 million contract on Saturday with the state-run China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) to expand the ...
Congo Fighting Keeps 150,000 Children From School
Tens of thousands of children in central Democratic Republic of Congo can’t go to school because of the violence between ...
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 ...
DRC President Honors Former Police Chief Accused of Abuses
Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila has elevated a controversial former police chief, General John Numbi, to the rank ...
UN Chief ‘concerned’ Over Renewed Central African Unrest
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres voiced concern Friday over the "widespread instability" and attacks on UN troops in the Central ...
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 Democratic Republic of ...
Myanmar Joins Grim List of Global Military Air Disasters
Myanmar's navy on Thursday found bodies and plane debris in the Andaman Sea from an aircraft that was carrying more ...
Darfur Peacekeeping Force Headed For Major Drawdown
The African Union and the United Nations are proposing major cuts to their joint peacekeeping force in Sudan's troubled Darfur ...
DR Congo’s Tainted Ex-Police Chief Made National Hero
Democratic Republic of Congo's former police chief John Numbi, believed by regime critics to be prime suspect in the murder ...
African Park Ranger Hits Out At Hong Kong Ivory Trade
A frontline park ranger from the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday delivered an emotive testimony to legislators against the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Kabila Says He Never ‘promised’ To Hold Elections In DR Congo
Congolese President Joseph Kabila on Saturday said he had never "promised anything" about whether to hold elections in the Democratic ...
Kabila Rival Files UN Rights Complaint Against DR Congo Govt
Exiled Democratic Republic of Congo opposition politician Moise Katumbi on Friday filed a complaint with the UN in Geneva against ...
Spanish Bishop Despairs As C. Africa Diocese Descends ‘into Hell’
For 17 years, an Andalusian priest has quietly served as bishop in Central Africa's Bangassou. But last month, creeping sectarian ...