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Recent News Headlines : Democratic Republic Of The Congo

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DRC opposition rejects vote delay, calls for strike...
18th October, 2016 456

MAIN OPPOSITION BLOC VIEWS VOTE DELAY AS PRESIDENT JOSEPH KABILA'S ATTEMPT TO REMAIN IN POWER BEYOND HIS TERM.

The decision, announced on Sunday after talks between the ruling coalition and smaller parties, will anger the main opposition bloc, which boycotted the cross-party discussions...
16th October, 2016 639

U.K. SUPPORTS CALL FOR EU SANCTIONS AGAINST CONGO OFFICIALS

Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged the EU to impose sanctions, saying that it could help prevent a broader crisis...
13th October, 2016 109

FOR YEARS, MANY IN WASHINGTON SAW KABILA AS CONGO'S BEST BET.

Shift in U.S. Congo policy leaves Kabila exposed...
6th October, 2016 432

DR CONGO'S KABILA DENIES HE IS TRYING TO CLING TO POWER

Congo's electoral commission said on Saturday that it expected polls to be delayed until December 2018...
5th October, 2016 264

THE WOMAN COMPETING WITH KINSHASA'S MALE SAPEURS - BBC NEWS

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4th October, 2016 82

NO DRC LEADER GIVES UP POWER PEACEFULLY, SO WHY WOULD JOSEPH KABILA?

Groups vow to oust Joseph Kabila, who seems to have adopted a strategy of 'glissement', or indefinite delay, over promised elections...
23rd September, 2016 464

DR CONGO OPPOSITION HQS TORCHED AFTER DEADLY PROTESTS

Violence escalates in DR Congo following allegations that President Joseph Kabila is planning to remain in office...
20th September, 2016 259

DR CONGO 'DOZENS DEAD' IN ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS CLAIMS OPPOSITION

Angry crowds tore down photographs of Kabila, chanting in French it's over for you and we don't want you ...
20th September, 2016 52

AT LEAST 17 DEAD AMID OPPOSITION PROTESTS IN CONGO'S CAPITAL

He must leave by December, protester Salomon Kaba said...
20th September, 2016 33

A DEMONSTRATION AGAINST PRESIDENT JOSEPH KABILA HAS BEEN BANNED IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO DRC AFTER TWO POLICEMEN DIED IN CLASHES WITH PROTESTERS.

Authorities say protesters killed two policemen in Kinshasa, alleging opposition is prepared to create total disorder ...
19th September, 2016 1393

THE PATH OF THE ECLIPSE COVERS VIRTUALLY ALL OF AFRICA EXCEPT SOME OF THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CONTINENT.

So-called eclipse glasses will do the trick (they're a bit stronger than regular sun glasses)...
1st September, 2016 0

DR CONGO PUTS FIGHTERS ON TRIAL FOR CIVILIAN MASSACRES

Human rights monitors say Allied Democratic Forces have been involved in killing more than a thousand civilians...
20th August, 2016 5

ADF REBELS, WHO OPPOSE MUSEVENI, HAVE BEEN PRESENT IN EASTERN DRC FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS.

Scores 'hacked to death' in machete attack in DR Congo...
15th August, 2016 627

ON 8 AUGUST, 11 CONGOLESE SOLDIERS AND A UN PEACEKEEPER WERE WOUNDED IN THE BENI AREA DURING A CONFRONTATION WITH ADF FORCES, MONUSCO SAID.

The victims - 22 men and 14 women, according to government spokesman Lambert Mende - were found in Rwangoma, a neighbourhood on the outskirts of Beni...
15th August, 2016 176

KINSHASA - AS A YELLOW FEVER OUTBREAK IN CENTRAL AFRICA EXPLODED, 1 MILLION VACCINES DISAPPEARED IN ANGOLA.

As a yellow fever outbreak in Central Africa exploded, 1 million vaccines disappeared in Angola. Thousands more vaccinations were delayed when accompanying...
6th August, 2016 3

SOME ESTIMATE THAT GANGS OF POACHERS KILL TWO OR THREE RANGERS EVERY WEEK IN GAME RESERVES ACROSS AFRICA.

He said park rangers faced challenges including heavy rains, lack of logistical and communication equipment, inadequate numbers...
4th August, 2016 395

Trending News Headlines : Democratic Republic Of The Congo

YOU DON'T HIT HIM AND HE FALLS OVER, THANE SAID.

In the wild, they can be found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Equatorial Guinea...
29th May, 2016 3166

THE REASONS FOR INDIAN MOTHERS' RELATIVELY POOR HEALTH ARE MANY, INCLUDING A CULTURE THAT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST THEM.

Sex differences in education, employment outside the home, and infant mortality are all greater in India than in Africa...
3rd March, 2015 2984

CHURCH OF ENGLAND MAY SELL 3M STAKE IN MINING FIRM OVER FEARS FOR GORILLA HAVEN

Church of England may sell A?3m stake in mining firm over fears for gorilla haven...
7th February, 2015 2779

GRAUERS GORILLAS MAY SOON BE EXTINCT CONSERVATIONISTS SAY

But the Rwandan genocide that year led to the gorillas' precipitous decline...
26th April, 2016 1904

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC FELLOW BRYAN CHRISTY DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER J.J.

National Geographic Fellow Bryan Christy, documentary filmmaker J.J...
25th August, 2015 1638

A RECENT ARMY OFFENSIVE AGAINST A NEARBY MILITIA HAS PROMPTED A FRESH WAVE OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE.

Three years have passed since a column of Congolese soldiers entered Minova after being defeated and ousted by M23 rebels from the nearby city of Goma...
14th June, 2015 1489

THE NATIONAL PARK IS SITUATED IN AN UNSTABLE REGION BORDERING SOUTH SUDAN AND NEAR UGANDA, WHERE UGANDA'S BRUTAL LORD'S RESISTANCE ARMY REBELS OPERATE.

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9th October, 2015 1216

RWANDA'S FOREIGN MINISTER LOUISE MUSHIKIWABO SAID SHE WAS DELIGHTED THAT GEN KARAKE WAS RETURNING TO RWANDA.

Spanish investigative judge Andreu Merelles had indicted Gen Karake, along with 39 other current or former high-ranking Rwandan military officials...
10th August, 2015 1175

AS THE UNITED NATIONS MAINTAINS NINE PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS IN AFRICA, EMPLOYING OVER 100,000 PEOPLE ON THE CONTINENT, THE ABUSES THREATEN TO ERODE THE ORGANIZATION'S LEGITIMACY.

For years, the United Nations has been trying to stop the sexual abuse perpetrated by its own employees and troops...
12th January, 2016 1105

"DESPITE THE HIGH LEVEL OF INSECURITY THEY WANT TO KEEP GOING AND THEY WANT TO LEARN THINGS," SHE SAID ...

She tells the story of Jillian, an orphan who was abducted by the LRA at the age of 13 and "given" .....
24th August, 2015 1032

ORPHANAGE FOUNDER FROM AFRICA WINS PRIZE IN MEMORY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

She later established Maison Shalom, an organization that provided a haven for orphaned Burundian children of all ethnic backgrounds...
25th April, 2016 911

WORKING WITH A DOZEN CONOGLESE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS, MCPHEE SET UP REMOTE CAMERA TRAPS TO HOPEFULLY CATCH A GLIMPSE OF LESULA.

Fortunately for us, as shy as lesula was in person, they were certainly not camera shy," noted McPhee...
14th March, 2015 751

DR CONGO CONFLICT UN PULLS OUT OF PLANNED ASSAULT ON FDLR

DR Congo's government has not yet commented on the UN's decision...
11th February, 2015 748

DR CONGO TO EXPEL ACTIVISTS FROM SENEGAL BURKINA FASO

DR Congo Seeks Democracy The Democratic Republic of Congo says it will deport four pro-democracy activists from Senegal and Burkina Faso arrested on Sunday...
18th March, 2015 650

FOR YEARS, THE ISSUE OF HOW TO STANCH SEXUAL ABUSE IN ITS RANKS HAS BEDEVILED THE UNITED NATIONS.

According to its own figures, there were nearly 80 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse committed by United Nations personnel in 2014...
12th August, 2015 612

MORE THAN 60 MILLION PEOPLE DISPLACED BY WAR IN 2015

The United Nations asks the world to turn its attention Saturday to people displaced by war conflict and other crises...
10th July, 2015 593

BURUNDI VIOLENCE BELGIUM AND EU ACT OVER 'RISING RISK'

Belgium says those among about 500 Belgians in the country whose presence is not essential should leave...
13th November, 2015 555

IT ALSO SAID ITS MANDATE DOES NOT INCLUDE MILITARY SUPPORT FOR GARAMBA'S RANGERS.

Armed poachers targeting elephants in congo national park kill more than 200 in a year as rangers struggle to protect animals...
10th November, 2015 532

IF NOT, HOW CAN WE HAVE PEACEFUL ELECTIONS?

The 2011 presidential election was tainted by serious irregularities and voter fraud, according to American and European electoral observers...
9th August, 2015 449

PRESIDENT SALVA KIIR IS DETERMINED TO CARRY ON HIS PARTNERSHIP WITH RIEK MACHAR.

South Sudan leaders order ceasefire as civil war fears grow...
11th July, 2016 394

AN AGING AND MUCH LOVED NORTHERN WHITE RHINO DIED ON SUNDAY AT THE SAN DIEGO ZOO SAFARI PARK IN CALIFORNIA.

Nola was an iconic animal, not only at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, but worldwide, the zoo said...
23rd November, 2015 334

TERRIFYING MOMENT 'DRUNK' GORILLA TAKES A SWING AT PHOTOGRAPHER - TELEGRAPH

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9th February, 2015 323

AS A RESULT, THE BRITISH CAPITAL IS NOW CHEAPER THAN NEW YORK, BEIJING, TOKYO AND ZURICH.

Two European cities are in the top 10 Zurich, which takes third place, and Geneva in eighth...
22nd June, 2016 319

MR. KONY, WHO LIKE MR. ONGWEN IS FACING CHARGES OF CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND WAR CRIMES, REMAINS AT LARGE.

The United Nations has estimated that from 1987 to 2012, the Lord's Resistance Army killed more than 100,000 people, abducted 60,000 to 100,000 children and displaced more than 2.5 million civilians...
27th January, 2015 297

UNTIL LAST YEAR, MR. KATUMBI, 51, WAS KING OF THIS PART OF CONGO.

Congo Lurches Toward New Crisis as a Rival Ascends...
12th May, 2016 286

AS EBOLA FEARS RETURN CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE STEPS UP FIGHT AGAINST ILLEGAL BUSHMEAT

As Ebola fears return, Congo-Brazzaville steps up fight against illegal bushmeat...
4th July, 2015 269

POPE FRANCIS ENDS AFRICAN TRIP WITH VISIT TO A MOSQUE

Inside, after speaking with Muslim clerics, Francis appealed for Christian-Muslim unity, as he had throughout his Africa tour...
30th November, 2015 255

IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, GIRAFFES ARE BEING TRAPPED AND KILLED IN CRUDE SNARES, ATTACKED WITH MACHETES AND FELLED BY POISONED ARROWS OR GUNS.

Congo's giraffes being hunted into extinction -- for their meat...
22nd February, 2016 236

PLEASE READ OUR THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED FROM EBOLA HAS SURPASSED THE 4,000 MARK, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION WHO HAS SAID.

The number of people who have died from Ebola has surpassed the 4,000 mark, the World Health Organisation WHO has said...
12th October, 2014 223

AS SUPPLIES DWINDLE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM CUTTING RATIONS TO REFUGEES IN KENYA

The World Food Program is the largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger, assisting 80 million people in 75 countries...
11th June, 2015 201

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DANNY DANON IS ISRAEL'S AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS.

Second, the hosts of this event represent the countries that make up the moral majority at the United Nations...
7th September, 2016 407

WHY RODRIGO DUTERTE THREATENS TO WITHDRAW PHILIPPINES FROM UN

When two United Nations human rights experts criticized the extra-judicial killings committed under the Philippines' anti-drug campaign, its president responded with a threat...
21st August, 2016 5

SAUDI ARABIA IS IN ITS FINAL YEAR OF A THREE-YEAR TERM ON THE 47-MEMBER HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL.

The two human rights advocacy groups said the Saudis have had an appalling record of violations in Yemen while a Human Rights Council member...
1st July, 2016 13

IT MAKES CLEAR THAT LGBT RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS, HE SAID.

The Human Rights Council will hire a monitor to protect gay and transgender people from violence and discrimination...
1st July, 2016 160

CHILDREN IN YEMEN ARE FUNDRAISING FOR THE UNITED NATIONS.

Flag on the ground. Holding posters of the United Nations, the group of children appears to be holding a sit-in outside the U.N...
16th June, 2016 209

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH HAS ALSO DOCUMENTED MURDERS BY TORTURE, PUBLIC EXECUTIONS AND BEATING DEATHS BY CONGOLESE PEACEKEEPERS.

The report on Tuesday offers more evidence of misdeeds that Human Rights Watch has been looking into for years...
8th June, 2016 47

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON HAS ADVOCATED FOR LGBT EQUALITY BUT FACED OPPOSITION FROM AFRICAN, ARAB AND MUSLIM STATES AS WELL AS RUSSIA AND CHINA.

Muslim states block gay groups from UN AIDS meeting...
19th May, 2016 29

UNITED NATIONS OFFICIALS DID NOT DISPUTE THE FINDINGS BUT SAID THE STUDY DID NOT REFLECT STEPS THE ORGANIZATION HAD TAKEN TO PREVENT CORRUPTION BY PEACEKEEPERS.

Transparency International did not cite any examples of peacekeeper corruption in the study...
4th April, 2016 208

ASHLEY JUDD VOWS TO COMBAT 15M FORCED CHILD MARRIAGES EVERY YEAR

Actress Ashley Judd was named the United Nations goodwill ambassador on child marriage...
16th March, 2016 108

THE UNITED NATIONS REPORT CAME AS THE WORLD BODY'S HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PREPARED TO TAKE UP THE SOUTH SUDAN CONFLICT.

Critics of the government also became targets of state violence, the United Nations team said...
11th March, 2016 690

UNITED NATIONS INVESTIGATORS SUSPECT THAT FRENCH PEACEKEEPERS ABUSED BOYS IN BANGUI, THE CAPITAL OF THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, IN 2014.

Peacekeepers Accused of Sexual Abuse in Central African Republic...
31st January, 2016 92

MIKE RIDDERING, AN AMERICAN MISSIONARY FROM FLORIDA WAS AMONG THE 23 PEOPLE KILLED IN THE BURKINA FASO TERRORIST ATTACK.

The United Kingdom stands with President Kabore and the people of Burkina Faso in the fight against terrorism, he said...
16th January, 2016 226

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