Countries Freight truck crashes, killing 34 in DRC Lubumbashi – Thirty-four people, including children, died when a freight truck driven by a drunk driver overturned on a... Read more 29 Sep, 2022
Countries DRC declares end to latest Ebola outbreak Brazzaville – The Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday declared an end to an Ebola virus outbreak that emerged... Read more 28 Sep, 2022
Countries Thousands of Congolese refugees returned home this year, says UN Johannesburg – The United Nations said on Tuesday almost 6 000 Congolese refugees who fled to Zambia in 2017... Read more 28 Sep, 2022
Countries DRC military prosecutor seeks death penalty for murder of 2 Chinese workers Bunia – A military prosecutor in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday requested the death penalty for 11 people... Read more 27 Sep, 2022
Central African Republic Senior Central African rebel leader on trial at ICC The Hague – A senior former rebel commander in the Central African Republic goes on trial on Monday before the International... Read more 26 Sep, 2022
Business Congo-Brazzaville, Russia ink new cooperation accords Brazzaville – Congo-Brazzaville and Russia inked a raft of new cooperation accords on Friday in the African country’s capital... Read more 25 Sep, 2022
Countries Equatorial Guinea’s ruler to run for sixth term Libreville – President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who has ruled Equatorial Guinea with an iron fist for more than... Read more 24 Sep, 2022
Countries Centre-left struggling to stay in power in Sao Tome vote Libreville – A fragmented centre-left coalition in the Atlantic archipelago of Sao Tome and Principe faces a strong challenge... Read more 24 Sep, 2022
Central African Republic Central Africa’s top court scraps panel to rewrite basic law Bangui – The Central African Republic’s top court on Friday annulled presidential decrees setting up a committee to rewrite... Read more 23 Sep, 2022
Countries Death at rally against M23 rebels in east Democratic Republic of Congo Goma – One person was killed and two others wounded in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday during a... Read more 23 Sep, 2022