Central Africa saw FDI flows decline by 15% – UNCTAD
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on Wednesday released the report on foreign direct investment (FDI) around the world. According to the […]
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French hostage freed in DRC
Armed attackers freed a French national and three Congolese kidnapped in March during an attack on a gold mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, […]
IMF team to visit DR Congo as economic crisis deepens
International Monetary Fund Managing Director, Christine Lagarde on Thursday proposed a visit of IMF officials in Democratic Republic of Congo to check the state of […]
DRC: MONUSCO airlifted 3,900 tonnes of election materials
Election materials distribution has kicked-off in 15 election centres in the Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said on Wednesday. The United Nations Mission in the […]
DR Congo militia kills 40 police officers in ambush
About 40 police officers have been decapitated by militiamen in an ambush in central Democratic Republic of Congo, local media reported. “They were apprehended by […]
Congo: Runner-up in 2016 poll launches new political party
The runner-up in Congo’s election last year, Guy-Brice Parfait Kolélas, has launched his political party in the central African nation on Sunday, local media reported. […]
US slams Congo Brazzaville over human rights violations
The United State this weekend slammed the republic of Congo leaders for gross human rights violations that occurred in the Central African nation in 2016. […]
DRC: Felix Tshisekedi named successor to his father
Democratic Republic of Congo’s largest opposition party on Wednesday, named late Etienne Tshisekedi’s son as a successor to his father who died in Brussels last […]
DRC: Pope Prays for Victims of Violence, Calls for Quick Accord
Pope Francis on Sunday urged leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo to act quickly to resolve the political crisis and curb violence in the […]
The ‘Father of the Congolese Democracy’ Dies in Belgium
By Emmanuel Vitus Agbenonwossi, Accra-Ghana Congo’s veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi passed away Wednesday in Brussels at 84. Tshisekedi, who pushed for democratic reforms for […]