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The African Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO), led by its Secretary General, Dr. Omar Farouk Ibrahim, has invited the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) Read more
Humanitarian crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has worsened, with reports of serious human rights violations, including summary executions of children and widespread Read more
A Woman turns her husband into a Snake in other not to go out to meet other women except only her… According to news She Read more
The lava that flowed from Mount Nyiragongo on Saturday evening cut a path of destruction through a northern district of Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Read more
A drunk soldier has embarked on a shooting rampage in the eastern province of the Democratic Republic of Congo thereby leaving twelve people dead and Read more
Jacques Joaquim Yhombi-Opango, former president of the Republic of the Congo, has died after contracting coronavirus, his family said.. Yhombi-Opango died in a Paris hospital Read more
Casualties include residents on the ground after aircraft heading to Beni went down near Goma’s airport. At least 24 bodies were recovered after a small Read more
A small aircraft carrying around 17 passengers on Sunday crashed into a densely populated area of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo, airline Busy Read more
Ntaganda, known as ‘The Terminator’, was found guilty of war crimes in DRC’s Ituri, including murder and sexual slavery. The International Criminal Court (ICC) has Read more
Clashes between the army and rebels loyal to a renegade former general in eastern DR Congo have killed 18 people, military sources said Monday, in Read more
More than 300,000 people have been forced to flee resurgent inter-ethnic violence in north-east Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) just this month, the UN Read more
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (9News Nigeria) – Mortar bombs were fired at a U.N. peacekeeping base and gunfire could be heard on Friday in Read more
KINSHASA (9News Nigeria) – Two Congolese opposition leaders on Monday pulled out of a wider deal to support a single candidate in next month’s presidential Read more
BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Congolese Nobel Peace Prize-winner Denis Mukwege on Friday dedicated his award to all women affected by rape and Read more
Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has spread to eastern ‘no-go’ zone surrounded by rebels, UN agencies have warned. The office Read more
Cholera outbreak in overcrowded refugee camps in Uganda has killed about 40 people and infected more than 2,000 as health workers rush to stem the Read more
Six civilians were killed in attacks in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo where violence has claimed at least 130 lives since December, a local official Read more
Dozens of people were killed overnight in several villages in DR Congo’s northeast province of Ituri, raising the toll of an ethnic conflict that has Read more
At least 14 people are feared drowned after two overcrowded, rickety boats sank in the River Congo, the interior minister of Democratic Republic of Congo Read more
GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. Human Rights Committee on Thursday gave Democratic Republic of Congo a year to report on actions it has taken to Read more
Hundreds of thousands of children in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will starve to death in the next few months Read more
No fewer than 250 persons are feared dead and many others injured after a massive mudslide swept over Tara Democratic Republic of Congo. Tara is Read more
Congo Republic President Denis Sassou Nguesso reappointed Clement Mouamba as prime minister on Monday, four days after Mouamba and his cabinet resigned, the president’s office Read more
At least 60 people have been killed after a landslide swept through a fishing village on the banks of Lake Albert in the northeastern Democratic Read more
Congolese security forces killed at least 14 members of secessionist rebel group Bundu dia Kongo (BDK) on Monday during clashes in the capital Kinshasa and Read more
By Christian Elion BRAZZAVILLE (Reuters) – More than 80,000 people have fled their homes in Pool province surrounding Congo Republic’s capital since the government began Read more
GENEVA (Reuters) – The government-backed Bana Mura militia in Congo has committed horrific crimes in ethnically-motivated attacks in the past few months, including cutting off Read more
KINSHASA — Democratic Republic of Congo’s Health Ministry has approved the use of a new Ebola vaccine to counter an outbreak of the hemorrhagic fever in Read more
Conflict has forced at least 1.5 million people to flee their homes within the Democratic Republic of Congo this year – more than triple the Read more
More than 3,000 prisoners are believed to have escaped from the main prison in Democratic Republic of Congo, security sources have told the BBC. The Read more
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