Freedom of choice is crucial for refugee returns, UNHCR official stresses
Refugees should never be pressured to decide if they should return to their home countries, a senior UN official has said. The statement was made […]
Congo
DRC’s Kabila will not run in December elections
Joseph Kabila will not be a candidate in December elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, government spokesman Lambert Mende told reporters in the […]
AU calls for transparent elections in DRC
The African Union has called on the Democratic Republic of Congo to ensure peaceful, transparent and truly inclusive elections. The central Africa mineral-rich nation is […]
Exiled DRC tycoon to try entry via Zambia to contest key election
Exiled opposition leader and multimillionaire Moise Katumbi will not attempt to land in DR. Congo after his private jet has been barred from landing on […]
Congo’s Bemba arrives in, prepares to Challenge Kabila
Congolese opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba arrives in Kinshasa on Wednesday to submit his presidential candidacy after a decade in prison in The Hague. The president […]
‘Time for posturing is over’ – U.S. warns Congo’s Kabila
The United States on Thursday warned President of Democratic Republic of Congo Joseph Kabila that “the time for posturing is over.” DR. Congo is in […]
Congo election remains on track, says Kabila
President Joseph Kabila of Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday said a presidential election in December would go ahead as planned but he declined to […]
ICC orders release of Congo “warlord” Jean-Pierre Bemba
Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) ordered the release of former DRC vice-president, who was acquitted last week of war crimes. The Hague-based court […]
DRC: 49 dead following shipwreck in the Northwest
At least 49 people are feared drowned while about the same number survived after an overcrowded whaleboat sank in the River Congo, a local official […]
WHO gets Congo’s go-ahead to launch Ebola vaccination experiment
The World Health Organization has been authorised by officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo to use an experimental Ebola vaccine in the country as […]