DRC laims victory over M23 rebels in the east
BBC DR Congo claims defeat of M23 rebels Maud Jullien reports on tension in liberated areas of DR Congo The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has claimed victory over M23 rebels in the...
View ArticleWhat next for the DC after the defeat of M23?
Human Rights Watch Ida Sawyer Congolese soldiers advance against the M23 rebels near the Rumangabo military base in Runyoni. © 2013 Reuters The M23 admitted defeat today, bringing an apparent end to...
View ArticleDRC M23 rebels surrender in Uganda
VoA/allAfrica By Hilary Heuler Photo: Kazarama Vianney/Facebook The March 23 Movement, often abbreviated as M23 and also known as the Congolese Revolutionary Army,is a rebel military group based...
View ArticleDCR Congo – signing of peace deal with M23 delayed
VoAS/allAfrica Congo-Kinshasa: DRC Peace Deal Signing Delayed 11 November 2013 Photo: Sylvain Liechti/MONUSCO Displaced People from North Kivu A ceremony to wrap...
View ArticleDR Congo refuses to sign M23 deal at talks in Uganda
Reuters Congo blames mediator Uganda for collapse of rebel talks BY PETE JONES AND RICHARD LOUGH KINSHASA/KAMPALA Tue Nov 12, 2013 5:32pm GMT CREDIT: REUTERS/KENNY KATOMBE (Reuters) – The Congolese...
View ArticleDR Congo – Bosco Ntaganda of M23 to appear at ICC
BBC DR Congo’s Bosco Ntaganda to appear at Hague court Former Congolese rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda is due to appear at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. He is accused of committing war...
View ArticleDR Congo – militia leader Katanga to face ICC verdict
BBC DR Congo warlord Germain Katanga faces ICC verdict Germain Katanga, who denies the charges, was transferred to The Hague in 2007 Judges at International Criminal Court (ICC) are due to give their...
View ArticleDr Congo – Senate drops election law proposals after popular protests
Reuters Congo Senate bows to protests, drops reforms seen delaying vote 4:47pm GMT By Aaron Ross KINSHASA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo’s Senate on Friday scrapped a proposed change to the...
View ArticleDR Congo – will Kabila get a third term?
ISS By Stephanie Wolters It’s been the primary topic of political talk in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for at least two years: the question of how President Joseph Kabila will engineer a...
View ArticleGreat Lakes defence and security chiefs meet over Burundi, DRC and South Sudan
allAfrica PRESS RELEASE Luanda, Angola — The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) Chiefs of Defense Staff and Chiefs of Intelligence and Security Services are meeting today in...
View ArticleDR Congo – Ntaganda trial to start at ICC
BBC Image captionBosco Ntaganda faces 13 counts of war crimes and five charges of crimes against humanity Former Congolese rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda is due to go on trial at the International...
View ArticleDR Congo – can Colgolese army and forces unite to fight Hutu rebels?
IRIN Photo: Guy Oliver/IRIN MONUSCO troops providing an armed escort KINSHASA, 15 January 2016 (IRIN) – A year ago, the Congolese army and MONUSCO, the UN peacekeeping force in the Democratic...
View ArticleDR Congo court reduces fines for anti-Kabila protest
Reuters World | Fri Mar 4, 2016 7:00pm GMT Related: WORLD, AFRICA Congo court reduces activists’ sentences for anti-Kabila signs KINSHASA Joseph Kabila Kabange, President of the Democratic Republic of...
View ArticleDR Congo refuses to sign M23 deal at talks in Uganda
Reuters Congo blames mediator Uganda for collapse of rebel talks BY PETE JONES AND RICHARD LOUGH KINSHASA/KAMPALA Tue Nov 12, 2013 5:32pm GMT CREDIT: REUTERS/KENNY KATOMBE (Reuters) – The Congolese...
View ArticleDR Congo – arrest warrant issued for opposition leader Katumbi
Reuters Democratic Republic of Congo’s opposition Presidential candidate Moise Katumbi talks to his supporters after leaving the prosecutor’s office in Lubumbashi, the capital of Katanga province of...
View ArticleDR Congo – thousands attend rally demanding Kabila step down
Reuters KINSHASA | BY AARON ROSS Democratic Republic of the Congo’s President Joseph Kabila (2nd R) and First Lady Marie Olive Lembe attend the anniversary celebrations of CongoÕs independence from...
View ArticleDR Congo – 17 reported dead in anti-Kabila riots
Reuters Congo anti-government march turns violent in capital, 17 dead Congolese opposition supporters chant slogans as they destroy the billboard of President Joseph Kabila during a march to press the...
View ArticleDR Congo poll protest – Opposition HQs, including UPDS office, torched
BBC Burnt bodies have been recovered from the offices of the main opposition party The headquarters of three opposition parties in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been torched in the capital and...
View ArticleDr Congo-ICC – Bemba and associates
Bemba Trial Website/allAfrica By Wairagala Wakabi Congolese opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba alongside four associates, who include two of his former defense lawyers, have been convicted in the...
View ArticleUN Secretary General seeks Security Council help over stand off between DRC...
Reuters U.N. chief seeks Security Council help with South Sudan rebels in Congo By Michelle Nichols | UNITED NATIONS United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has asked the Security Council for help to resolve...
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