Govt-Backed DR Congo Militia Shot Babies, Hacked Toddlers
The UN accused DR Congo on Tuesday of backing a militia that has mutilated toddlers and hacked pregnant women in ...
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Experts Point Out Army Role In Kasai Massacres
Both security forces and Kamwina Nsapu militiamen are accused of murder, mutilation, rape, and destruction of property. The death toll ...
DRCongo Seeks Joint Chinese-Spanish Offer To Build Dam
The Democratic Republic of Congo said Tuesday it has asked Chinese and Spanish bidders of a colossal dam project to ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
DR Congo Snubs UN Warning On Probe Into Kasai Violence
DR Congo authorities on Thursday rebuffed a UN warning to launch an international probe into violence in the central Kasai ...
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 ...
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 ...
Rights Groups Urge Probe Into Bloodshed In DR Congo’s Kasai
International and local rights groups called on the UN on Thursday to open an urgent inquiry into the months-long violence ...
EU Imposes Sanctions On Nine In DR Congo
The European Union imposed sanctions Monday on nine more officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo amid unrest after President ...
400,000 DR Congo Children At Risk In Violence-Hit Kasai
Almost 400,000 children risk dying of hunger in DR Congo's troubled Kasai region where months of violence has driven over ...
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 ...
Kabila Names New Government Under Power-Sharing Deal
Congolese President Joseph Kabila named an expanded new government on Tuesday, with almost all his old team retained, as part ...
DR Congo Police Surround Opposition HQ In ‘tomb Row’
About 100 riot police surrounded the main opposition party HQ in the DR Congo capital Kinshasa Tuesday, an AFP correspondent ...
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, ...