Lawyers representing Jean-Pierre Bemba in his trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have reduced from 63 to 50 the number of witnesses they intended to call to testify for the former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In a... Read more
Goma — Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is treating survivors of an attack on Mpeti in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The village, which is home to around one thousand people, was attacked by men armed with bayonets,... Read more
Washington, DC — Legislation on parental abduction of U.S. children overseas, human rights issues in Vietnam and the crisis in the Congo was passed at the first bill mark-up of the 113th Congress by the House panel that oversees human rights... Read more
CONGOLESE soldiers are holding 16 Zambian fishermen captive for allegedly straying into that country while on a fishing expedition. The Congolese authorities have demanded a KR135, 000 penalty fee for the release of the fishermen from Nsama District, that strayed onto the... Read more
Africa's commodity boom of the 1970s is singularly remarkable because it failed to deliver economic and social transformation. In a majority of resource rich countries, a tight clique of corrupt politicians and their acolytes controlled natural resources revenues. Is Africa's new... Read more
Today, a witness said he regretted that the crimes his colleagues committed while they fought to capture power in the Central African Republic (CAR) in 2002 and 2003 were not known to the world court trying former Congolese opposition leader Jean-Pierre... Read more
Luanda — The Foreign Affairs minister, Georges Chicoti, last Tuesday in Luanda said that the Tripartite Meeting held last Monday, in South Africa, to analyse the situation prevailing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, brought about the expected results. Speaking briefly... Read more
Luanda — Foreign Affairs ministers of Angola, South Africa (host) and RDC will discuss Monday the prevailing situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). To this purpose, an Angolan delegation from the Foreign Affairs Ministry, headed by the incumbent minister, Georges... Read more
Eight tones of immature fish worth millions of shillings destined for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been impounded. The transporting lorry registration number UAP 268 F was intercepted in the western district of Rukungiri and taken to a police station... Read more
François Bozizé's rebels terrorized civilians in some Central African Republic (CAR) towns that were under the control of Jean-Pierre Bemba's troops, the International Criminal Court (ICC) heard on Friday. "The crimes were committed by the rebel fighters while they were there, and... Read more
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