Recent News Headlines : Dr Congo - Democratic Republic Of The Congo

ADDIS ABABA, CAIRO AND BRAZZAVILLE AMONG TOP CITIES TO VISIT IN 2018


Top travel agents have told renown American magazine Forbes, that Addis Ababa, Cairo and Brazzaville are among the top ten cities to visit in 2018... READ MORE

2nd March, 2018 30

HEALTH OF WORLD'S LAST MALE NORTHERN WHITE RHINO IN DECLINE


San Diego's zoo had some northern white rhinos, but the last one died in 2015... READ MORE

1st March, 2018 0

ONE DEAD AS CONGO POLICE FIRE ON PROTEST


The protests against President Joseph Kabila in the capital Kinshasa were organised by Catholic clergy... READ MORE

25th February, 2018 145

AT LEAST ONE DEAD IN LATEST ANTI-KABILA PROTESTS


Jean-Mobert Senga, a Congo researcher for Amnesty International, said security forces fired live ammunition at peaceful protesters in the city's Saint Augustin and Saint Benoit neighbourhoods... READ MORE

25th February, 2018 413

26 CONGOLESE REFUGEES DIE OF DIARRHOEA IN UGANDA


Another 15,435 refugees arrived in Uganda from North Kivu, running from armed groups and military offensives... READ MORE

22nd February, 2018 608

APPLE TURNS TO MINERS TO LOCK IN COBALT SUPPLIES


The iPhone maker is seeking contracts to buy several thousand metric tons of cobalt for five years or longer, Bloomberg reported, citing an anonymous source... READ MORE

21st February, 2018 491

MUGABE FEELING 'UNLOVED' ON HIS BIRTHDAY


In our series of letters from Africa, Zimbabwean journalist-turned-barrister Brian Hungwe considers the fate of ousted President Robert Mugabe as he celebrates his 94th birthday... READ MORE

21st February, 2018 723

DRC VIOLENCE RISKS 'SPREADING' AS 22,000 FLEE IN A WEEK


More than 22,000 people fled clashes between Hema herders and Lendu farmers in Ituri province last week, according to the UN's refugee agency UNHCR ... READ MORE

14th February, 2018 130

RUSSIAN MILITARY PRESENCE IN CAR AND CONCERNS [THE MORNING CALL]


Around 180 Russian military instructors are said to be settled with weapons since last December in the Central African Republic CAR... READ MORE

14th February, 2018 4

POPE CALLS WORLDWIDE DAY OF PRAYER AND FASTING FOR PEACE FEBRUARY 23


Francis said the prayers and fasting should be offered in a particular way for the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan... READ MORE

4th February, 2018 2211

EX-MILITIA LEADER WINS TOP FOOTBALL POST


Central African Republic Ex-militia leader wins top football post... READ MORE

3rd February, 2018 76

U.N. SOUNDS ALARM ON SOUTH SUDAN AS AFRICA'S BIGGEST REFUGEE CRISIS LOOMS, PLEAS FOR $3.2 BILLION


One in 3 South Sudanese have fled their homes -- almost 90 percent of them are women and children... READ MORE

1st February, 2018 0

CONGO DICTATOR, WHO HAS OUTSTAYED HIS TERM, DENOUNCES PROTESTERS AND UN


President Joseph Kabila called the Central African country's electoral process firmly engaged despite a vote that has been delayed for more than a year... READ MORE

26th January, 2018 435

CHINA'S REGIONAL JETS RECEIVE FIRST ORDER FROM AFRICA


The China-developed twin-engine regional jet ARJ21 has just received its first order from Africa, according to Chinese news site ThePaper.cn... READ MORE

22nd January, 2018 11

CONGOLESE SECURITY FORCES KILL SIX WHILE DISPERSING ANTI-KABILA PROTES


As well as Kinshasa, protests erupted in the central Congolese diamond-mining town of Mbuji-Mayi, in the eastern cities of Goma, Lubumbashi and several other places... READ MORE

21st January, 2018 38

DRC: PROTESTERS KILLED IN ANTI-KABILA PROTESTS


At least five people are killed as authorities crack down on banned demonstrations against President Joseph Kabila... READ MORE

21st January, 2018 1052

SEVERAL DEAD IN DR CONGO PROTESTS


The widespread marches had been called for by the country's Catholic Church, which appealed for a large but peaceful demonstration... READ MORE

21st January, 2018 2163

CONGO TO JOIN OPEC AND THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS IN SUDAN AFTER U.S LIFTING SANCTIONS [BUSINESS AFRICA]


Sudanese government and institutions have started building their economic relations with counterparts in US after the world leader eased sanctions on it... READ MORE

20th January, 2018 13

AT LEAST A DOZEN CONGO SOLDIERS KILLED IN EAST


That does not surprise me, Congolese Defence Minister Crispin Atama Tabe told reporters in the capital Kinshasa when asked about the attack... READ MORE

19th January, 2018 67

POPULATION OF MOUNTAIN GORILLAS UP, RWANDA TO RELEASE CENSUS FIGURES


Mountain gorillas are under threat from poaching, war and habitat loss... READ MORE

17th January, 2018 52

CASE DISMISSED AGAINST FRENCH TROOPS ACCUSED OF CHILD RAPE IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC


EYE ON AFRICA A case is dismissed against French troops accused of raping children in Central African Republic two years on, Ouagadougou residents rem..... READ MORE

16th January, 2018 7

CONGO LAUNCHES OFFENSIVE AGAINST UGANDAN REBELS IN ITS EAST


The Islamist ADF has long been active along the Congo-Uganda border and has been blamed for a spate of massacres... READ MORE

13th January, 2018 69

RWANDA EXPECTS CENSUS TO SHOW SURGE IN RANKS OF HIGHLY ENDANGERED MOUNTAIN GORILLAS


Mountain gorillas are under threat from poaching, war and habitat loss... READ MORE

12th January, 2018 46

DRC FLOODS LEAVE 45 DEAD THOUSANDS HOMELESS


Days of flooding rains have left parts of central Kinshasa in ruins... READ MORE

11th January, 2018 784

GOLDMAN SAYS CRYPTOCURRENCIES MAY SUCCEED AS FORM OF REAL MONEY


But in developing countries, digital currencies could succeed as a real form of money, Goldman Sachs Group Inc... READ MORE

10th January, 2018 886

GOLDMAN SAYS CRYPTOCURRENCIES MAY SUCCEED AS FORM OF REAL MONEY


But in developing countries, digital currencies could succeed as a real form of money, Goldman Sachs Group Inc... READ MORE

10th January, 2018 886

BONOBOS PREFER BULLIES OVER 'NICE GUYS'


MIAMI - Sex-crazed, easy-going and cooperative, bonobos are often described as the hippies of the ape world... READ MORE

5th January, 2018 7

CATHOLIC LEADER CONDEMNS 'BARBARIC' DRC VIOLENCE


We cannot give credibility to a government that has lied repeatedly when accused of human rights violations in the past, Muhiwa said... READ MORE

3rd January, 2018 524

DRC VIOLENCE SHOWS KABILA 'DETERMINED TO STAY IN POWER'


Kabila's future Kabila came to power in 2001 after the assassination of his father, Laurent-Desire Kabila, the country's third president... READ MORE

3rd January, 2018 993

POLICE ACCUSED OF KILLING TWO DURING ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS


The two men were killed outside St. Alphonse church in the Matete district of Kinshasa, the capital, according to Ida Sawyer, HRW's Central Africa director... READ MORE

2nd January, 2018 14

Trending News Headlines : Dr Congo

SIERRA LEONE: DEATH TOLL FROM LANDSLIDE NEARS 500


READ MORE Sierra Leone mudslide What, where and why?... READ MORE

20th August, 2017 15619

FIVE PARK RANGERS KILLED IN DRC IN TRAGIC WEEKEND FOR WILDLIFE DEFENDERS


Mai Mai Simba describes itself as a self-defence rebel group that operates in the Okapi area... READ MORE

17th July, 2017 7836

FOR 2 EXPERTS KILLED IN CONGO, U.N. PROVIDED LITTLE TRAINING AND NO PROTECTION


She once confided to a friend about the ad hoc nature of her United Nations assignment... READ MORE

21st May, 2017 7405

WHO DECLARES OUTBREAK IN DR CONGO


The World Health Organization WHO has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo... READ MORE

13th May, 2017 7201

PLANE CRASH THAT KILLED UN BOSS 'MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY AIRCRAFT ATTACK'


Among Othman's new findings are In February 1961, the French secretly supplied three Fouga warplanes to the Katanga rebels, against the objections of the US government ... READ MORE

27th September, 2017 4965

KENYA OPENS NAIROBI-MOMBASA MADARAKA EXPRESS RAILWAY


Kenya has opened a major new railway between the port city of Mombasa and the capital, Nairobi, 18 months early... READ MORE

31st May, 2017 3934

EBOLA OUTBREAK DECLARED IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO AFTER THREE DIE


Thousands more survivors have been left with long-term health problems and Liberia was only declared free of active Ebola virus transmission last June... READ MORE

13th May, 2017 3632

UN CHIEF CALLS FOR RESTRAINT, URGES KABILA TO STEP DOWN


Catholic protesters rallied in the capital, Kinshasa, and other cities after Sunday mass to demand Kabila, whose second term as president ended in December 2016, step down... READ MORE

1st January, 2018 3623

UN PEACEKEEPERS KILLED IN DR CONGO


The head of Monusco, Maman Sidikou, said I condemn in the strongest terms this deadly attack on United Nations peacekeepers and the FARDC... READ MORE

9th December, 2017 3593

THREE WILDLIFE RANGERS KILLED IN ATTACK BY VIOLENT MILITIA IN DRC


Wildlife rangers at Virunga national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were killed in an ambush by Mai Mai rebels... READ MORE

16th August, 2017 3229

DR CONGO CHILDREN FIND REFUGE IN ZAMBIA


Out of the 3,360 refugees who have fled into northern Zambia since August 30, at least 60 percent are children, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR ... READ MORE

8th October, 2017 3116

EBOLA OUTBREAK DECLARED IN NORTHEAST DR CONGO


In June 2016, WHO declared Liberia free of active Ebola virus transmission... READ MORE

12th May, 2017 3114

WORLD POPULATION TO HIT 8BN IN 2023, SAYS NEW UN SURVEY


By contrast, all European countries now languish with fertility rates below replacement level, meaning that populations will inexorably decline without large-scale immigration... READ MORE

21st June, 2017 2180

REVEALED: HOW BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO EXPLOITED WAR ZONES TO SELL CIGARETTES


As cigarette sales decline around the world, British American Tobacco sees fragile states as one of the few remaining growth markets for its deadly products... READ MORE

18th August, 2017 1991

MASSACRES AND MUTILATIONS IN CONGO HAVE LEFT MORE THAN 3,000 DEAD SINCE OCTOBER, REPORTS SAY


The European Union and United States slapped sanctions on an array of top Congolese government and army officials -- seemingly almost everyone but Kabila himself... READ MORE

23rd June, 2017 1843

DR CONGO VIOLENCE DRIVES THOUSANDS INTO ZAMBIA


A full 60 percent of those arriving in Zambia are children, including many showing signs of malnutrition, the UNHCR said... READ MORE

3rd October, 2017 1834

DR CONGO FORCES KILL AT LEAST 18 BURUNDI REFUGEES


Congolese security forces have killed at least 18 Burundian refugees during clashes over plans to send some of them home... READ MORE

16th September, 2017 1757

DRC BLOCKS INTERNET AS ANTI-KABILA PROTESTS PLANNED


Some also posted about access to churches being blocked in certain neighbourhoods of Kinshasa ahead of the demonstration... READ MORE

31st December, 2017 1687

DR CONGO LANDSLIDE DEATH TOLL CLIMBS TO 200


In May 2010, a mudslide swept over the eastern Congo village of Kibiriga and killed 19 people... READ MORE

19th August, 2017 1614

DRC: DEATH TOLL RISES IN ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS


A spokesperson for United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, meanwhile, expressed concern about reports that security forces had violently dispersed the protests... READ MORE

1st January, 2018 1541

DR CONGO VIOLENCE DISPLACES 3.8 MILLION: UN


The report was based on interviews from 96 refugees who had fled they country's Kasai provinces into neighbouring Angola... READ MORE

27th August, 2017 1403

ISLAMIST ATTACK KILLS AT LEAST 15 UN PEACEKEEPERS AND FIVE SOLDIERS IN DRC


Antonio Guterres, UN secretary general, described the attack by an Islamist extremist group as a 'war crime'... READ MORE

9th December, 2017 1396

CAR TOPS LIST OF 'WORLD'S MOST NEGLECTED' CRISES


The conflict in the Central African Republic CAR is the world's most neglected displacement crisis, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council... READ MORE

1st June, 2017 1259

IM A CIVILIAN IM INNOCENT WHOS IN CONGOS MASS GRAVES


Many of them are backed by government forces as they try to quash the Kamwina Nsapu militia... READ MORE

28th July, 2017 1230

'IT IS HEART-BREAKING TO SEE 3.2. MILLION PEOPLE SEVERELY FOOD INSECURE,' SAYS UN FOOD CHIEF


Officials say the number of people displaced by conflict has nearly doubled in the past six months to 1.5 million... READ MORE

29th October, 2017 1192

DRC: VAST BUSINESS NETWORK OF PRESIDENT WHO WON'T STEP DOWN REVEALED


It describes how the Kabila family, which spent the Mobutu years in exile in Dar es Salaam, living in relative poverty, amassed great wealth... READ MORE

20th July, 2017 985

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FACE ACUTE HUNGER IN DRC


One in 10 people living in rural areas suffers from acute hunger, while chronic malnutrition affects 43 per cent of children under five years, the FAO report said... READ MORE

15th August, 2017 974

'WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT MALE RAPE'


But for male rape survivors like Stephen, life there can be tough... READ MORE

3rd August, 2017 958

ORDERED TO CATCH A WARLORD UGANDAN TROOPS ARE ACCUSED OF HUNTING GIRLS


Joseph Kony is dead, announced American-made leaflets dropped from a helicopter in the Central African Republic in recent weeks... READ MORE

14th May, 2017 924

CONGO PEACEKEEPERS ACCUSED OF SEX ABUSE TO LEAVE CAR


About 600 Congolese soldiers to be pulled out of Central African Republic after allegations of sexual misconduct... READ MORE

22nd June, 2017 894


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