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South Africa: SA 'Sides' With DRC On Investigation Into Kasai Killings
News24Wire, 26 June 2017
South Africa has chosen to side with the Democratic Republic of Congo on its investigation into violence in its Kasai province, which has seen hundreds of people killed in the past… Read more »
DRC President Kabila Makes State Visit to South Africa
South Africa's support of the Democratic Republic of Congo's stated investigation into violence in its Kasai province comes as the two nations push for stronger economic relations.
President Jacob Zuma holding a tête-à-tête with President Joseph Kabila Kabange of the Democratic Republic of Congo during his official visit to South Africa to attend the 10th session of the South Africa-Democratic Republic of Congo Bi-National Commission (BNC). The Bi-National Commission, which will be co-chaired by the two Heads of State, is aimed at further deepening bilateral and economic relations between the two countries.
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South Africa: DRC Immigrants Protest Against Kabila Visit
GroundUp, 26 June 2017
A small but vocal group of Congolese immigrants protested outside the Sefako Makgatho presidential guesthouse in Pretoria, as President Jacob Zuma hosted the president of the… Read more »
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South Africa: SA, DRC Push for Strengthened Trade Relations
SAnews.gov.za, 26 June 2017
South Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have reaffirmed their willingness to improve and strengthen their economic relations. Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: DRC-SA Talks - Zuma Unlikely to Pressure Kabila to Go to the Polls
Daily Maverick, 25 June 2017
Observers and many of the Congolese diaspora in South Africa are hoping that President Jacob Zuma will tell DRC President Joseph Kabila it is time to go when they meet in Pretoria… Read more »
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South Africa: Opening Remarks At 10th Session of Bi-National Commission With DRC
Govt of SA, 25 June 2017
Opening Remarks by Ms Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Republic of South Africa, on the occasion of the 10th Session of the Bi-National… Read more »
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South Africa: Nkoana-Mashabane Likens 'Pressure' On DRC to That 'Placed' On ANC
News24Wire, 25 June 2017
International Relations and Co-operation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane has pledged South Africa's support to government leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo as the central… Read more »
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South Africa: SA, DRC Take Stock of Decade of Cooperation
SAnews.gov.za, 25 June 2017
The first decade of the South Africa-Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Bi-National Commission (BNC) was largely consumed by efforts of assisting the DRC in areas of institutional… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: UN Probes Abuses in Kasai Provinces
UN News, 23 June 2017
The United Nations today opened an international investigation into alleged killings, mutilations and destruction of entire villages in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's… Read more »
InFocus
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All 47 countries on the UN Human Rights Council agreed by consensus to open an international investigation into the alleged killings, mutilations and destruction of entire villages ... Read more »
