Several dead and wounded in a suicide attack on Christmas Day in Beni
A suicide bomber detonated his bomb on Christmas Day in Beni, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), killing seven people and wounding 20, […]
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DRC/Uganda: new ADF “strongholds” destroyed, 35 arrests
The Congolese and Ugandan armies, engaged since November 30 in a joint operation against the ADF (Allied Democratic Forces) in eastern DRC, announced the destruction […]
Gunmen attack UN convoy in DRC
Three staff members of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) were injured on Wednesday when their convoy was attacked by gunmen in the Eastern Democratic Republic […]
DRC: Justice grants provisional freedom to Vital Kamerhe
The Court of Cassation decided on Monday to grant provisional freedom to Vital Kamerhe, former president of the National Assembly, convicted of embezzlement of public […]
Uganda deploys soldiers to eastern DRC
Ugandan troops involved in the operation launched on Tuesday in consultation with Kinshasa against the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels continued their deployment in eastern […]
Kinshasa and Kampala announce air strikes from Uganda against the ADF rebels
Air and artillery strikes in the DRC from Uganda on Tuesday targeted rebel positions of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), accused by Kinshasa of numerous […]
DRC: Former minister Willy Bakonga released after 7 months in prison in Kinshasa
The former minister of Education of the Democratic Republic of Congo Willy Bakonga, sentenced in March to three years in prison for “money laundering”, was […]
Double attack in Uganda: Five suspects shot dead by the police
Ugandan police announced Thursday that they have shot dead five suspects and arrested 21 people as part of the investigation into a recent double suicide […]
The Constitutional Court of the DRC withdraws from the Matata Ponyo case
The Constitutional Court of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ruled on Monday in Kinshasa that it had no jurisdiction to try former Prime Minister […]
Loss of Congolese journalist Tshitenge Lubabu
A great African writer has gone. We learned the death, at 66 years, of the Congolese journalist Tshitenge Lubabu. He began his career on Télé […]