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In an earlier statement, the European Union's delegation in Kinshasa said Congolese soldiers

US, EU slam DR Congo army for using 'excessive force'

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Kinshasa (AFP) - The United States and European Union on Wednesday urged Congolese security forces to refrain from using ...

Masisi Territory is a hilly area near DR Congo's border with Rwanda. By EDUARDO SOTERAS (AFP/File)

12 dead, 92 missing as floods hit eastern DR Congo

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Goma (DR Congo) (AFP) - At least 12 people died and 92 were missing after heavy rains caused flooding in two villages in ...

Fighting between local and foreign armed groups and the Congolese army has intensified since the beginning of the year in North Kivu and the neighbouring province of South Kivu. By Lionel HEALING (AFP/File)

17 bodies found in DR Congo eastern border lake

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Goma (DR Congo) (AFP) - The bodies of 17 civilians apparently fleeing violence in the troubled North Kivu province of th ...

Kinshasa has witnessed a number of demonstrations in protest at Congolese President Joseph Kabila, who is clinging to power beyond his mandate. By Eduardo Soteras (AFP/File)

DR Congo opposition chiefs demand political change...

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Kinshasa (AFP) - The two main opposition leaders in the Democratic Republic of Congo have called for a political transit ...

The violence in Kasai has prompted waves of terrified people to seek shelter in camps -- among them Jamman, seen here waiting for the daily food ration in Kikwit. Jamman's parents were allegedly both beheaded. By JOHN WESSELS (AFP)

In DR Congo's wounded heart, voting drive offers h...

Monday, September 18, 2017

Kananga (DR Congo) (AFP) - After more than a year of bloodshed, faint hopes of peace are starting to stir in the heart o ...

Tens of thousands of Burundians have fled to the eastern DR Congo to escape a wave of violence that unfurled in 2015 after Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza sought a fiercely contested third term in office. By LIONEL HEALING (AFP/File)

Troops kill 18 Burundian refugees in DR Congo: off...

Saturday, September 16, 2017

Bukavu (DR Congo) (AFP) - Troops shot dead 18 Burundian refugees in clashes in Kamanyola in eastern Democratic Republic ...

Pope Francis (R) talks with Democratic Republic of Congo's President Joseph Kabila during a private audience in the pontiff's studio, at the Vatican in 2016. By ANDREW MEDICHINI (POOL/AFP/File)

Papal nuncio calls DR Congo a 'predatory state'

Thursday, September 14, 2017

Kinshasa (AFP) - The pope's representative in DR Congo said the pontiff will not visit Kinshasa before long delayed elec ...

The two UN experts left the city of Kananga in central DR Congo on March 12 to go off on a field trip. Their bodies were found 16 days later. By Junior D. Kannah (AFP/File)

Murdered UN experts 'deliberately misled' in DR Co...

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Paris (AFP) - Two UN experts who were killed six months ago in the Democratic Republic of Congo were deliberately misled ...

Africa50 Gains Guinea and Democratic Republic of C...

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

DAKAR, Senegal,12 September 2017, -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Africa50, the pan-African infrastructure investment ...

A woman cares for her child as cholera victims sit on beds at a provisional French non-governmental organization Medecins Sans Frontieres clinic in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2008. By WALTER ASTRADA (AFP/File)

WHO sounds alarm over DRCongo cholera epidemic

Saturday, September 9, 2017

Kinshasa (AFP) - The World Health Organization on Saturday sounded the alarm over a cholera outbreak in the Democratic R ...

A camp in Kikwit, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, for people fleeing violence in the Kasai region, where the UN says its workers have seen destruction and suffering on

UN witnessing 'massive destruction' in DR Congo's ...

Friday, September 8, 2017

Geneva (AFP) - The United Nations warned Friday that its staff had witnessed destruction and suffering on an enormous s ...

The accident occurred in the northeastern town of Dungu in the Haut-Uele province in the Democratic Republic of Congo under heavy rains that battered the area where the victims were mining for gold. By ERIC FEFERBERG (AFP/File)

Eight killed as lightning strikes goldmine in DR C...

Monday, September 4, 2017

Bunia (DR Congo) (AFP) - At least eight people have died after a bolt of lightning struck a small-scale goldmine in the ...

Felix Tshisekedi took control of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) following the death of his father in February 2017. By ERIC LALMAND (Belga/AFP)

DR Congo opposition leader returns to tensions at ...

Sunday, September 3, 2017

Kinshasa (AFP) - The leader of the opposition in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, returned to Kinshas ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is coping with the arrival of about 500,000 refugees fleeing fighting in Rwanda, South Sudan, the Central African Republic and Burundi. By Alexis HUGUET (AFP/File)

3.8 million displaced by DR Congo violence: UN

Saturday, August 26, 2017

Kinshasa (AFP) - The number of people displaced by conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, mainly in the volatile ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is coping with the arrival of about 50,000 refugees fleeing fighting in Rwanda, South Sudan, the Central African Republic and Burundi. By Alexis HUGUET (AFP/File)

Four million displaced by DR Congo violence: UN

Saturday, August 26, 2017

Kinshasa (AFP) - The number of people displaced by conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, mainly in the volatile ...

Landslide in DR Congo. By Vincent LEFAI (AFP)

Up to 250 feared dead in DRCongo mudslide

Friday, August 25, 2017

Bunia (DR Congo) (AFP) - As many as 250 people are feared dead after a massive mudslide swept over a fishing village in ...

Fishing on Lake Albert is one of the main occupations in Ituri province, northeast DR Congo, which borders Uganda. By - (AFP/File)

Death toll in DR Congo landslide climbs to 140

Monday, August 21, 2017

Bunia (DR Congo) (AFP) - The death toll from a landslide that swept over a fishing village on the banks of a lake in nor ...

Prime Minister Clement Mouamba's government had presented its resignation on Wednesday, said a statement from the president's office. By STR (AFP/File)

Congo government quits as president prepares IMF t...

Thursday, August 17, 2017

Brazzaville (AFP) - Congo-Brazzaville's President Denis Sassou Nguesso cleared the decks Thursday with the office announ ...

Zaida Catalan, a UN investigator seen here in a 2009 picture, was found murdered along with fellow investigator Michael Sharpin the Democratic Republic of Congo in March. By Bertil ERICSON (TT News Agency/AFP)

US wants 'full investigation' into DRCongo death o...

Thursday, August 17, 2017

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - The US ambassador to the United Nations on Thursday called for a full investigat ...

A landslide has swept over a fishing village on the banks of Lake Albert in the northeast Democratic Republic of Congo, killing 40 people, a regional official said. By - (AFP/File)

Landslide kills 40 in northeast DR Congo

Thursday, August 17, 2017

Bunia (DR Congo) (AFP) - A landslide has swept over a fishing village on the banks of a lake in the northeast Democratic ...

UN Swedish employee Zaida Catalan was found murdered in the Democratic Republic of Congo along with Michael Sharp, an American, while on a mission investigating violence and mass graves 36-year-old Zaida Catalan was found dead in the Democratic Republic of Congo with an American colleague and their Congolese interpreter, a government spokesman said on March 28, 2017.. By Bertil ERICSON (TT News Agency/AFP/File)

Investigators likely slain by Congolese militia: U...

Thursday, August 17, 2017

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Two UN investigators killed in March likely died at the hands of Congolese militi ...

Denis Sassou Nguesso, who has led Congo for over 30 years, stressed the importance of peace, which has been tested by violence in parts of the southern region of Pool since April 2016. By FADEL SENNA (AFP/File)

Congo leader admits economic crisis, appeals to ex...

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Brazzaville (AFP) - Congo's President Denis Sassou Nguesso admitted Monday that his oil-rich country was facing a seriou ...

Months of conflict in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of Congo have left many villagers unable to plant their crops. By Junior D. KANNAH (AFP/File)

Conflict leaves millions hungry in DR Congo, UN wa...

Monday, August 14, 2017

Kinshasa (AFP) - Nearly eight million people face acute hunger in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a result of confli ...

Etienne Tshisekedi was a key political rival who lost to Joseph Kabila in disputed presidential polls in 2011. By THIERRY CHARLIER (AFP/File)

DR Congo opposition leader Tshisekedi's body to be...

Friday, August 11, 2017

Kinshasa (AFP) - An agreement has been struck with Kinshasa for the repatriation of the body of veteran Congolese opposi ...

Opposition campaigners called for two days of general strike to shut down the capital in a bid to put pressure on President Joseph Kabila. By JOHN WESSELS (AFP)

DR Congo opposition mounts 'dead city' protest aga...

Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Kinshasa (AFP) - Opposition campaigners launched a two-day general strike Tuesday to pressure DR Congo President Joseph ...

. By Junior D. KANNAH (AFP)

Kasai marks a year of bloodshed as doubt hangs ove...

Tuesday, August 8, 2017

TSHIKAPA (DR Congo) (AFP) - Before, we were able to go to work in any mine to dig for diamonds. But today, we're all af ...

Insecurity has deepened in the Democratic Republic of Congo since President Joseph Kabila refused to leave office at the end of his second elected five-year term. By Eduardo Soteras (AFP/File)

Kinshasa violence leaves 12 dead: DR Congo police

Monday, August 7, 2017

Kinshasa (AFP) - Twelve people were killed Monday by stray gunfire in a wave of violence in Kinshasa, said a spokesman f ...

quot-img-1Everything that we observe in other countries can lead us to understand what our country needs.

By: Mr. A.C. Acquah quot-img-1

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