DRC’s Historic Opponent Seeks Medical Treatment in Belgium
Congolese opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi headed Tuesday to Belgium for medical treatment, his party said in a statement. The historic opponent, who left Congo in […]
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DRC: Exiled Katumbi Announces Candidacy for 2017
Congolese opposition leader, Moise Katumbi, on Tuesday declared his candidacy for the country’s presidential election agreed to be held in 2017. The football magnate, who […]
UN Welcomes Inclusive Political Agreement in DRC
United Nations Secretariat General has welcomed the signing by the opposition and the presidential majority of a political agreement on the holding of elections in […]
Kinshasa Jails 15 “bye-bye Kabila” Protesters, Acquits 34
A court in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Wednesday sentenced 15 anti-government protesters who were arrested during protests against President Joseph Kabila’s continued […]
DRC: About 22 Civilians Slaughtered in North Kivu Province
About twenty-two civilians were slaughtered during the Christmas weekend in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to the administrator of […]
As Political Crisis Deepens in DRC, South Africa Calls for Restraint
The Democratic Republic of Congo is once again on the brink of chaos, as the threat of a renewed and large-scale political crisis with dire […]
DRC: Bloomberg Unveils Massive Fortune of Kabila’s Family
President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo and his relatives have built a network of businesses that reaches into every corner of Congo’s […]
U.S. Sanctions DR Congo Top Officials
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control on Tuesday, imposed sanctions on Democratic Republic of Congo’s Evariste Boshab and Kalev Mutondo, accusing them of […]
DRC: Controversy rises over new PM dual citizenship
The newly appointed Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo Samy Badibanga is at the centre of controversy in the central African nation after […]
DR Congo: Opposition figure grabs PM role
Samy Badibanga, Democratic Republic of Congo opposition leader has been named prime minister in the troubled central African nation on Thursday as part of a […]