At least 33 rebels killed in east, DRC army says
Bukavu – The Congolese army on said on Friday that its troops killed 33 armed men in fighting against local... Read more
5 Feb, 2022
Jury still out on landmark crackdown on rebels in eastern DRC
Beni – Late last year, Ugandan and Congolese troops launched an unprecedented offensive against the deadliest militia in eastern... Read more
4 Feb, 2022
Rape stalks women in Central African Republic’s dirty war
Paoua – Maia looks down at her expanding belly, her eyes welling with tears. Four months ago, an armed... Read more
3 Feb, 2022
High-voltage cable electrocutes 26 at market in DRC capital
Kinshasa – Twenty-six people were electrocuted on Wednesday when an overhead high-voltage cable fell into a drainage ditch at a... Read more
3 Feb, 2022
At least 40 civilians killed in DRC machete attack
Bunia – At least 40 people were killed when machete-wielding militiamen attacked a site for displaced people in strife-torn... Read more
2 Feb, 2022
Kinshasa zoo needs major makeover to woo back crowds
Kinshasa – In Kinshasa’s dilapidated zoo, the two oldest residents – a pair of Nile crocodiles called Simon and... Read more
1 Feb, 2022
DRC court sentences 51 to death in murder of UN experts
Kananga – A military court in Democratic Republic of Congo Saturday sentenced 51 people to death, several in absentia, in... Read more
30 Jan, 2022
Rebel attack kills more than 20 Congolese soldiers
Goma – More than 20 Congolese soldiers were killed in an attack by the M23 rebel group on an army... Read more
27 Jan, 2022
DRC’s surrendered rebels left in limbo
Sake – Hundreds of militiamen who heeded government calls to lay down their weapons in war-torn eastern Democratic Republic... Read more
24 Jan, 2022
Central African Republic sets date for first local elections since 1988
Bangui – The Central African Republic is to hold its first local elections in more than three decades, the strife-torn... Read more
21 Jan, 2022
