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Congo army ready to contain chaos - Kabila camp
Democratic Republic of Congo's government will call in the army if street protests become "too chaotic", a senior member of President Joseph Kabila's camp said on Monday, a day before full election results are due, according to Reuters. "We cannot (...)

05 - 12 - 2011
Congo Polls Open Peacefully
Polls opened Monday in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for presidential and parliamentary elections. Early voting started peacefully and slowly, with trickles of Congolese lining up to cast their ballot, amid some logistical problems, (...)

28 - 11 - 2011
Several Dead in Attack on Polling Station in Congo
Gunmen on Monday attacked a polling station and a truck carrying ballot papers on election day in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Several people died in the attacks, witnesses and officials said. There were also unconfirmed reports by human (...)

28 - 11 - 2011
Police ban Congo rallies as election tensions flare
Police in the Congolese capital Kinshasa banned all campaign rallies on Saturday after rival supporters hurled rocks at each other and at least one person was reported dead as tensions rose two days before presidential and parliamentary elections, (...)

26 - 11 - 2011
Congo growth strong, more transparency needed-IMF
Democratic Republic of Congo could exceed a forecast 6.5 percent economic growth in 2011 but must do more to increase transparency in the mining sector, Reuters quoted the IMF as saying on Saturday. Congo -- which has large deposits of copper, (...)

03 - 09 - 2011
Congo sells mining assets to fund polls -MPs, docs
Congo's government has sold its minority stake in two confiscated copper mining projects for $30 million, and the state mining company involved has paid millions to fund upcoming elections, according to a senior lawmaker and documents, according to (...)

18 - 08 - 2011
Congo cholera outbreak spreads to populous capital
A cholera epidemic that has already killed 32 people in Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to the capital Kinshasa, Reuters quoted the World Health Organisation (WHO) as saying on Wednesday. Three cases of the deadly waterborne disease have (...)

22 - 06 - 2011
Congo to hold national elections on Nov. 28
Awwal 26, 1432 / April 30, 2011, SPA -- Congo will hold its second post-war presidential and legislative elections on Nov. 28, the electoral commission said on Saturday, a vote seen as a test of President Joseph Kabila's commitment to democracy, (...)

30 - 04 - 2011
72 Missing in Boat Capsize in Congo
Awwal 21, 1432, April 25, 2011, SPA -- A boat owner in eastern Congo says 72 people are missing after his boat capsized, possibly because of bad weather and high winds. The Associated Press quoted Owner Maneno Muzuka as saying that seven survivors (...)

25 - 04 - 2011
Official: UN plane crash in Congo kills 26
Akhir 30, April 4, 2011, SPA-- A top Congolese aviation official says that 26 people aboard a U.N. plane have died in a crash in Congo, AP reported. U.N. staff members were on the plane, including peacekeepers. The cause of the crash upon landing (...)

04 - 04 - 2011
Residents report attack on Congolese airport
Awwal 01, 1432, Feb 04, 2011, SPA -- Suspected secessionist rebels attacked Lubumbashi airport in mineral-rich southern Congo on Friday, sparking a three-hour shootout with soldiers that left a civilian guard dead, residents said, according to (...)

04 - 02 - 2011
Congo:204 dead in Oil Tanker Truck Explosion
At least 204 people were killed in Congo when a tanker truck transporting oil flipped over and exploded overnight in the east of the country, a Red Cross official said Saturday. The truck was carrying fuel from neighboring Tanzania when it (...)

03 - 07 - 2010
Congo suspends police chief in activist inquiry
Democratic Republic of Congo's top police officer has been suspended to facilitate an inquiry into the death of a prominent human rights activist, Reuters quoted officials as saying on Sunday. The death of Floribert Chebeya, head of local campaign (...)

06 - 06 - 2010
Several arrested for Congo activist's death
Several arrests have been made in connection to the killing this week of a leading Congolese human rights activist, AP quoeted a police commander in the country's capital as saying Saturday. Gen. Jean-de-Dieu Oleko said that several police officers (...)

05 - 06 - 2010
Head of large Congo human rights group found dead
The head of one of Congo's largest human rights groups has been found dead under what a leading international rights organization called suspicious circumstances, according to AP. The body of Floribert Chebeya Bahizire of Voix des Sans Voix, or (...)

03 - 06 - 2010
Scores killed in Congo volcano landslide - U.N.
A landslide on the slopes of a volcano in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 46 people and washed away more than 200 homes, Reuters cited the U.N. peacekeeping mission as saying today. The landslide, on the slopes of Nyrangongo volcano (...)

19 - 05 - 2010
Militia releases eight Red Cross workers in east Congo
A militia in eastern Congo that seized eight Red Cross workers one week ago released them Friday, AP quoted Red Cross officials as saying. The seven Congolese and one Swiss national taken by the Mai Mai rebels are in good health and were being (...)

16 - 04 - 2010
DR Congo risks falling into anarchy - report
Democratic Republic of Congo risks falling into anarchy if a move towards authoritarian rule developing under President Joseph Kabila continues, dpa cited a conflict watchdog as saying today. A report from International Crisis Group (ICG) said an (...)

08 - 04 - 2010
Three UN personnel killed in north Congo clashes
Three United Nations workers died during clashes between the Congolese military and a militia earlier this week, the U.N. said Tuesday. The U.N. Mission in Congo said in a press release that a South African pilot and a U.N. peacekeeper from Ghana (...)

06 - 04 - 2010
LRA killed hundreds in late 2009 Congo massacre -UN
Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels killed at least 290, and maybe more than 300 people in Congo in a previously unreported massacre in December 2009, U.N. officials told Reuters on Saturday. The killing spree took place in villages in (...)

27 - 03 - 2010
UN Peacekeeper boss: Congo still needs us
The U.N.'s head of peacekeeping operations says despite the government of Congo's wish for peacekeepers to leave the country next year, much remains to be done in the east and north which are being terrorized by Rwandan and Ugandan gunmen, according (...)

04 - 03 - 2010
Volcano erupts in eastern Congo
A government official said a volcano has erupted in eastern Congo, sending lava toward a national park, AP reported. Feller Lutahichirwa said Saturday that the Nyamulagira volcano had erupted at dawn. While the area where the lava was headed is (...)

02 - 01 - 2010
At least 73 dead in Congo boat accident - Red Cross
At least 73 people were killed and others missing after a logging boat sank in a lake in western Democratic Republic of Congo, Reuters quoted a Red Cross official as saying today. The boat sank in bad weather and had been transporting logs on Lake (...)

28 - 11 - 2009
At least 47 Congo police killed in clashes -UN radio
Armed villagers killed at least 47 policemen trying to intervene in a feud over fishing rights in northern Congo, Reuters quoted United Nation-sponsored radio as reporting today, but the government said the death toll was much lower. An unknown (...)

30 - 10 - 2009
More than 150 killed in Congo attacks this week
More than 150 people were killed last week in fighting between government troops and armed groups in the Equateur province of Democratic Republic of Congo, Reuters quoted the U.N. mission in the central African country as saying (...)

03 - 01 - 2009
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