Central Africa

Defendants in Italian ambassador murder case in DRC request bail

Kinshasa – Five defendants accused of involvement in last year’s murder of the Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic... Read more

20 Oct, 2022

Kinshasa – Gold mining in a Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) national park is threatening the okapi, a stripy-legged... Read more

20 Oct, 2022

Kinshasa – The Democratic Republic of Congo’s army backed a notorious Rwandan Hutu rebel group in recent clashes with... Read more

19 Oct, 2022

Kinshasa – Ahead of next year’s elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, researchers on Tuesday said they were... Read more

19 Oct, 2022

Bunia – Six people, including two army colonels, were condemned to death by a Democratic Republic of Congo military... Read more

16 Oct, 2022

Bunia – Suspected militiamen hacked 12 people to death with machetes in a village in eastern Democratic Republic of... Read more

15 Oct, 2022

Libreville – Chadian leader Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno’s plans to stay in power beyond his initially-promised deadline have stirred... Read more

12 Oct, 2022

Pointe-Noire – Behind their homes is an oil pipeline and above them are high-voltage cables suspended between pylons. A... Read more

12 Oct, 2022

N’Djamena – Chad’s prime minister resigned along with his government on Tuesday, a day after the country’s military leader... Read more

12 Oct, 2022

Kinshasa – Torture and degrading treatment is widespread and practiced with impunity in DR Congo’s conflict zones, the United... Read more

6 Oct, 2022