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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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 ...
Police Officers Decapitated In DR Congo
Militia fighters in DR Congo have decapitated about 40 police officers in an ambush in the central province of Kasai, ...
Militia Fighters Decapitate 40 Police Officers In DR Congo
Militia fighters in DR Congo have decapitated about 40 police officers in an ambush in the central province of Kasai, ...
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 each victim ...
ICC Poised To Make First Awards To War Crimes’ Victims
Judges at the International Criminal Court may Friday award the tribunal's first monetary sums to victims of war crimes, with ...
Ex-Congo VP To Be Sentenced For Bribing Witnesses
Former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba and four associates will be sentenced on Wednesday for bribing witnesses during his war ...
UN Urges DRC To Implement December Political Deal
The United Nations said Tuesday that nearly three months after a political agreement was signed in the Democratic Republic of ...
France Warns Against Cuts To UN Mission In DR Congo
France's ambassador to the United Nations warned Tuesday that drastic cuts to the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic ...
Mass Graves In Central Congo Bear Witness To Growing Violence
The increasingly brutal nature of fighting in central Congo between the army and local militia is on vivid display in ...
UN Presses Search For Foreign Experts Kidnapped In DR Congo
The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday said its troops were pressing ahead with a ...
DR Congo Unrest ‘may Delay’ Voter Registration
Rising unrest in central Democratic Republic of Congo threatens to derail voter registration ahead of a high-stakes election, the Catholic ...
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 ...
Two Foreign UN Experts Kidnapped In DR Congo
Two experts from the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been kidnapped in the violence-wracked central ...
Repatriation of Tshisekedi’s Body Postponed As Divisions Deepen In Congo’s Opposition
Uncertainty remains over plans on the national funeral of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s long-time opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, who ...
UN Seeks To Boost Its Mission In DR Congo As Violence Spreads
The UN secretary general is seeking an additional 320 police for the peace keeping mission in the central Africa country, ...
UN Chief Seeks To Boost UN Police In DR Congo
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday asked the Security Council to send an extra 320 UN police to the Democratic ...
Ghanaian Troops In DR Congo Complain of Hunger
Some Ghanaian troops on Peace Support Operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo have complained bitterly about how they are ...
UN Urges Probe of DR Congo Violence
The UN's top rights official on Wednesday called for a high-level investigation into abuses committed against civilians in the violence-wracked ...
Ghanaian Peacekeepers In DR Congo Mark Independence Day
Ghana’s Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), His Excellency Joseph Annim, has charged the Ghanaian peacekeepers to keep ...