Presidents of Angola, Zambia and DRC get together to launch Lobito corridor
The Angolan President, João Lourenço, will this Tuesday mark the start of the Lobito corridor rail concession, a ceremony that will be joined by his […]
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Uganda: Three people arrested after bloody terrorist attack on high school
Authorities in Uganda announced on Monday the arrest of three people following last week’s massacre by terrorists at a high school, which left at least […]
Uganda: 41 dead, mostly students, in jihadist attack on high school
At least 41 people were killed, most of them students, in a Friday night raid by jihadists on a high school dormitory in western Uganda, […]
DRC’s taxi drivers Union suspends strike against police harassment
The Union of Congolese drivers, (ACCO), suspended Monday evening a three-day strike against police harassment, the association’s Vice-President Jean Mutombo told “Radio Okapi”. “The strike […]
Sub-saharan Africa saw a record 16.5 mil. internally displaced people in 2022 – report
A “perfect storm” of overlapping conflicts in African countries and Ukraine, coupled with climate change-triggered disasters around the world forced a record 71.1 million people […]
DRC: Militiamen kill 8 farmers, burn a hundred houses, loot livestock
Eight farmers were killed Sunday in a village North-East of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in an attack blamed on militiamen, Anadolu news agency reports. […]
South Sudanese troops join forces in Eastern DRC
At least 45 soldiers landed in the city of Goma on Sunday, 2nd April. More contingents are expected to arrive. South Sudanese soldiers are part […]
Portuguese MFA dismisses basis of references to Angolan mercenaries in Ukraine war
The Portuguese Foreign Minister on Monday ruled out any basis for the possibility that Angola had sent mercenaries to Russia in the invasion of Ukraine. […]
Angola: parliament discusses “urgent” sending of military contingent to DRC
The Angolan parliament will discuss urgently on Friday the request of the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, on sending a military contingent for peacekeeping […]
Ceasefire in East DRC fails to prevent clashes between army and M23 rebels
After several days of relative calm, fighting erupted between Congolese army and M23 rebels when they clashed on two fronts in the flashpoint province of […]