UN Finds 13 More Mass Graves In DR Congo’s Kasai Region
The UN has said it has found 13 mass graves in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s central Kasai province since ...
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UN Finds 13 More Mass Graves In DR Congo’s Kasai Region
DR Congo's army has been fighting a militia group in the central Kasai region The UN has said it has ...
Iran Cleric Says Bad Driving A Sin As 700 Die Over New Year
Some 700 people were killed over the Persian new year on roads in Iran, which are among the deadliest in ...
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 a breakdown ...
“There Is No Longer Going To Be Impunity”
For decades, United Nations (UN) peacekeepers accused of sexual exploitation and abuse have operated under an umbrella of impunity. Last ...
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 ...
UN Renews Smaller DRC Peacekeeping Force
The United Nations Security Council has renewed the mandate of the peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ...
UN Votes To Scale Down Mission
The UN Security Council has voted to cut the size of Monusco, its largest and most expensive peacekeeping mission, which ...
UN Renews Smaller DR Congo Peackeeping Force
The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously Friday to renew the mandate of the peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic ...
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 Tribal Rebellion
Beheadings, mass graves, kidnapped foreigners, child soldiers: a tribal insurrection in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Kasai region has killed ...
UN To Cut Back DR Congo Peacekeeping Force
The United Nations Security Council will vote Friday to cut the number of troops and police in its peacekeeping mission ...
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 Kabila to ...
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 ...
Nigerians Attacked In India
Indian newspapers have reported that five people have been arrested over the attack Four Nigerian students have been wounded in ...
DR Congo Police Accuse Rebels of Killing 39 Officers
Congolese national police on Monday accused rebels of massacring 39 of their officers in the violence-wracked Kasai region. The victims ...
Africa’s Failed Wonderkids
Dominic Adiyiah: At the end of the last decade, there weren’t too many young talents in the world who were ...
Congolese Scores First Super Tries As Lions Win
Democratic Republic of Congo-born Madosh Tambwe scored his first Super Rugby tries as Golden Lions won 42-19 at Southern Kings ...
US To End Operations Against Lord’s Resistance Army In Africa
A top US military commander has said the LRA has been reduced to "irrelevance" after years of joint military operations ...