Congo’s Kabila names opposition figure Tshibala prime minister
Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila named a former member of the largest opposition party as prime minister on Friday, a move likely to Read more
Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila named a former member of the largest opposition party as prime minister on Friday, a move likely to Read more
United Nations investigators have found more mass graves in the central Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where tribal militias are battling security Read more
Recent acts of violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including the killing of foreign United Nations experts, could constitute war crimes, the International Criminal Read more
NEW YORK – The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, said on Wednesday that U.N. peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are aiding Read more
KINSHASA – Militia fighters in central Democratic Republic of Congo decapitated about 40 police officers in an ambush, local officials said on Saturday, the deadliest Read more
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has for the first time ordered a war criminal to pay reparations to victims of his atrocities. Germain Katanga, an Read more
Democratic Republic of Congo – The increasingly brutal nature of fighting in central Congo between the army and local militia is on vivid display in the Read more
Democratic Republic of Congo’s largest opposition party said it had named the son of its late leader Etienne Tshisekedi to succeed him on Thursday, but Read more
GENEVA (Reuters) – Soldiers targeting the Kamwina Nsapu militia group in central Democratic Republic of Congo killed at least 101 people between Feb. 9 and Read more
By Aaron Ross and Benoit Nyemba KINSHASA (Reuters) – Police in Democratic Republic of Congo launched an assault on the residence of the leader of Read more
Plans to return the body of longtime Congolese opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi to Kinshasa for a grand national funeral have run into problems in a Read more
By Aaron Ross KINSHASA (Reuters) – The Democratic Republic of Congo has told the United Nations that a re-emergence of the M23 rebellion in the Read more
By Aaron Ross KINSHASA (Reuters) – The death on Wednesday of Congo’s opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi leaves opponents of President Joseph Kabila seriously weakened in Read more
KINSHASA (Reuters) – At least two dozen people, most of them women, have been killed over the past week in ethnic violence between Bantus and Read more
By Benoit Nyemba and Aaron Ross KINSHASA (Reuters) – Congo’s opposition leaders signed a deal with the party of President Joseph Kabila on Saturday that Read more
President Joseph Kabila’s party has signed a deal with the opposition party that will end protests ad ensure a peaceful transition of power. The deal Read more
Congolese President Joseph Kabila will step down after elections to be held by the end of 2017 under a last-minute deal struck by political parties Read more
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Flooding this week in the Democratic Republic of Congo port city of Boma killed at least 50 people and left another 10,000 Read more
The head of the U.N. human rights agency said on Friday that Congolese security forces had killed at least 40 people and arrested 460 in Read more
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Protests erupted in several neighbourhoods of the Congolese capital Kinshasa late on Monday, and police fired tear gas to disperse them, witnesses Read more
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Gunfire could be heard in several districts of Kinshasa early on Tuesday, as demonstrators demanded that President Joseph Kabila step down after Read more
By Aaron Ross and Tim Cocks KINSHASA (Reuters) – Militiamen in eastern Congo attacked a prison on Monday, engaging in a gun battle with security Read more
By Aaron Ross MONGBWALU, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – When Guy Robert Lukama looked out at thousands of illegal gold diggers hacking away at Read more
By Aaron Ross KINSHASA (Reuters) – An ethnic Nande militia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed about 30 civilians, mostly Hutus, on Sunday morning, Read more
BRAZZAVILLE (Reuters) – Congo Republic has lowered oil and gas royalty rates under a new petroleum code approved by parliament as part of efforts to Read more
By Aaron Ross GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo opposition figure Samy Badibanga was named prime minister on Thursday under Read more
By Lin Taylor COVENTRY, England, Nov 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – It was during an ordinary game of soccer when Michel Chikwanine was abducted at Read more
By Kenny Katombe KINSHASA (Reuters) – Congo’s prime minister and cabinet resigned on Monday as part of a deal that extends the tenure of President Read more
By Amedee Mwarabu Kiboko KINSHASA (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council pushed for a peaceful transition of power in Congo during a weekend visit Read more
By Joe Bavier ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Congo has stepped up army patrols in its volatile east after the former military chief of a once-powerful rebel Read more
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