DRC: Felix Tshisekedi will address the Nation today, political tension still high
Felix Tshisekedi will address the Nation this Friday. The meeting of the Council of Ministers that was scheduled for today has been postponed. Tension is […]
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DRC: Over one thousand prisoners escaped after armed group attacked Béni prison
Early this Tuesday morning, October 20, the prison in the town of Béni, in the province of North Kivu, was attacked by elements of the […]
Congo Brazzaville: Audrey Azoulay, Director General of UNESCO launched a web TV for education
Exchanges with the Congolese Head of State Denis Sassou Nguesso whose country pleads for the inclusion of Rumba on the list of intangible heritage of […]
DRC resumes political dialogue with the EU after 11 years of suspension
The political dialogue between the DRC and the European Union ended on Tuesday. For two days, a dozen ministers and the European Union ambassador and […]
DRC: A militia attack against Haut Katanga province caused fourteen deads
Lubumbashi experienced an incursion early on Saturday morning, September 26, by Bakata Katanga militiamen. The official report states that three elements of the forces of […]
Four traffickers arrested in Zimbabwe in possession of thirty-two chimpanzee specimens from southeastern DRC
Thirty-two live chimpanzee specimens from southeastern DRC were seized in Zimbabwe on Tuesday. They were headed to South Africa. According to the Congolese Environment Ministry, […]
DRC: Belgian justice ordered to return Patrice Lumumba’s tooth to his family
The Belgian justice system has responded favorably to a request from the family of Patrice Lumumba to return a tooth of the Congolese leader assassinated […]
Last tribute was paid to former Congolese president, Pascal Lissouba in France
A last tribute was paid this Monday, August 31 to the former Congolese president, Pascal Lissouba. It took place in Perpignan, in the south of […]
Congo-Brazzaville: Former Minister of Finance Mathias Dzon to run for presidential election
Former Minister of Finance between 1997 and 2002, Mathias Dzon, aged 73, was nominated by the ARD (Alliance for the Republic and Democracy) Saturday, August […]
Congo: Death in France of former President Pascal Lissouba
The man who led the People’s Republic of Congo after the opening of democracy in 1990 died in the night of Sunday to Monday, August […]