The death of opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi and the subsequent leadership squabbles this has provoked is putting the New Year's eve agreement that provided a roadmap for the ... Read more »
Ex-rebels took 16 UN staff members hostage at the Munigi base in Congo's North Kivu province, demanding they be sent to another East African country to avoid their forced return. Read more »
The reasons for President Joseph Kabila's attempt to cling on to power might be unclear but he is not strong enough to subdue a determined people, writes Vava Tampa from rights ... Read more »
To Egypt, in particular, the Nile is its life blood. Without it, Egypt would be a barren and desolate desert. It is not surprising that it has "threatened to go to war" if its ... Read more »
The shutdown came following the opposition's call for "villes mortes" - literally "dead cities" - to protest the failed implementation of the New Year's Eve agreement. Read more »
The U.S. Ambassador to the UN says by mandating the peacekeeping mission in DR Congo to partner with the government, the UN is indirectly aiding a government that is inflicting ... Read more »
Jean-Marc Kabund, secretary-general of the opposition UDPS party, says there is no longer any doubt that President Joseph Kabila and his political allies have no intention of ... Read more »
Government spokesperson, Lambert Mende, says that the remains of Michael Sharp, Zaida Catalan and Betu Tshintela have been found at a site next to the Moyo River in Kasai province. Read more »
Germain Katanga, a Congolese warlord who ordered a brutal attack on a village in Ituri province in 2003, has been ordered by the International Criminal Court to pay collective and ... Read more »
The United Nations has warned that the tensions risk mounting as long as political dialogue remains in a stalemate and the risk of electoral violence in urban areas remains high. Read more »
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