Tag: Congo
Rwanda and DR Congo agree draft peace deal to end conflict
Representatives of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have reached a draft agreement that could end decades of conflict. The breakthrough, mediated...
Rwanda pulls out of regional bloc over DR Congo row
Rwanda has said it is pulling out of a central African regional bloc after a diplomatic row over its involvement in the conflict...
DR Congo bans reporting on the ex-president
The Congolese government has banned the media from reporting on the activities of former President Joseph Kabila and interviewing members of his party.This...
Ex-DR Congo president returns to the country, party says
Former Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila is back in the country for the first time in two years, having arrived in...
DR Congo ex-leader Joseph Kabila lashes out after immunity lifted for...
Joseph Kabila, the ex-president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has lashed out at the government of his successor - calling it a...
DR Congo senate strips ex-president of immunity over treason charges
The Democratic Republic of Congo's senate has stripped former President Joseph Kabila of his immunity, paving the way for his prosecution over his...
Former DR Congo PM sentenced to hard labour on corruption charge
A former prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been sentenced to a decade's forced labour for corruption.Augustin Matata Ponyo was...
Valentin-Yves Mudimbe, 83, Dies; African Scholar Challenged the West
Mr. Mudimbe was unapologetic. “To the question ‘what is Africa?’ or ‘how to define African cultures?’ one today cannot but refer to a...
Sexual Violence Against Children Soars in Congo, U.N. Group Says
Sexual violence against children in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has soared in recent weeks, the United Nations Children’s Fund said on...
Congo Buries Its Dead After Rebel Assault
It was one of the deadliest battles in decades in the Democratic Republic of Congo.After the city of Goma fell to a rebel...
