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FILE: President of Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso. Picture: United Nations.

Congo

Congo denies 'Pandora Papers' allegation over Sassou Nguesso

By AFP

Sassou Nguesso features among several hundred political figures who use offshore tax havens to store away assets, according to the inquiry led by the...

  • FILE: President Denis Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of Congo. Picture: AFP.

    Congo incumbent poised for re-election after rival succumbs to COVID

    Provisional official results from 35 polling stations indicated that Sassou Nguesso, 77, was on track for a landslide first-round victory.

    425 days ago
  • FILE: The UN's human rights office in the DRC said Wednesday that defence and security forces had made "significant efforts to dismantle" the militia.. Picture: United Nations Photo

    DR Congo militia kills at least 12 in new attack

    An expert in the area, who asked to remain anonymous, said 14 bodies had been found and more people were missing after the assault.

    469 days ago
  • FILE: Guy-Patrice Lumumba, son of Patrice Emery Lumumba, gives a speech during the inauguration of the "Rue Patrice Lumumba" street in Charleroi, on 2 July 2020, in honour of the first Prime Minister of the independent Congo after its independence from Belgium, sixty years ago. Picture: Virginie Lefour/AFP

    Family seeks justice for Lumumba, DR Congo's murdered hero

    Aged just 35, the charismatic hero of Belgian Congo's independence was assassinated 60 years ago in a plot linked to the fledgling nation's colonial master.

    492 days ago
  • FILE: President of Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso. Picture: United Nations.

    Congo sets presidential vote for 21 March

    It is the first time since the Republic of Congo, also called Congo-Brazzaville, has adopted a two-phase ballot since it introduced multiparty elections in 1992.

    492 days ago
  • FILE: Soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) sit in a truck bed in a base on 3 July 2019 in Djugu, eastern DR Congo. Picture: AFP

    19 killed in massacre in eastern DR Congo's Ituri

    The attacks took place on Sunday in the Banyali Kilo area, local chief Innocent Madukadala told AFP.

    649 days ago
  • FILE: Soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) sit in a truck bed in a base on 3 July 2019 in Djugu, eastern DR Congo. Picture: AFP

    DR Congo armed groups killed 1,300 in first half of 2020 - UN

    Between January and June 2020, fighters of all armed groups were responsible for the summary executions or arbitrary killings of at least 1,315 people.

    654 days ago
  • A healthcare worker in the Democratic Republic of Congo at a Ebola treatment facility. Picture: @WHOAFRO/Twitter.

    Ebola spreading in western Congo with nearly 50 confirmed cases - WHO

    Since authorities announced the outbreak on June 1, 48 cases have been confirmed in Congo’s Equateur province, with a further three probable cases and a total of 20 deaths, WHO’s top emergencies expert Mike Ryan said.

    677 days ago
  • Chocolate. Picture: pixabay.com

    Congo and the chocolate factory - New producer hits the sweet spot

    For decades, eastern Congo’s underground riches such as gold and coltan have sustained cycles of deadly violence in the area.

    687 days ago
  • The Ebola vaccine being administered to a child in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Picture: Twitter/@WHOAFRO

    Congo health authorities stumble with first coronavirus case confusion

    The confusion surrounding Congo's first coronavirus case was a misstep by a government that has worked hard to combat misinformation during the ongoing Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo.

    799 days ago
  • FILE: Soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) sit in a truck bed in a base on 3 July 2019 in Djugu, eastern DR Congo. Picture: AFP

    DR Congo army says ADF rebels killed 30 soldiers

    They suffered the losses during the latest offensive Thursday against the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), in North Kivu province, Major Mak Hazukai told journalists Saturday.

    861 days ago
  • FILE: A road surface swept away by a landslide caused by torrential overnight rains is photographed in the Lemba district of Kinshasa, on 26 November 2019. Picture: AFP

    Congo appeals for help after 150,000 hit by floods

    President Denis Sassou Nguesso said he was making an 'urgent appeal to the international community' to help provide 'an effective response to the humanitarian situation which has arisen.'

    887 days ago
  • Peacekeepers in armoured vehicles from the UN’s mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, MONUSCO. Picture: United Nations Photo.

    10 dead in latest massacre in eastern DR Congo

    Ten civilians were killed in the village of Kamango, a day after 22 were murdered in Ntombi, Donat Kibuana, administrator for the territory of Beni, told AFP on Monday.

    888 days ago
  • Smoke raises after a small aircraft crashed in a densely populated area in Goma on the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo on 24 November 2019.  Picture: AFP

    Death toll rises to 29 after plane crashes into homes in DR Congo city

    A survivor among the 19 people - 17 passengers and two crew members - who were aboard the plane was taken to hospital along with 16 others injured on the ground, the North Kivu regional government said.

    909 days ago
  • FILE: Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi. Picture: AFP

    Congo president says Ebola outbreak should be over this year

    The epidemic in Congo was declared in August 2018 and has so far killed nearly 2,200 people, making it the second-worst outbreak of the virus on record behind the 2013-16 West African outbreak that killed more than 11,300.

    918 days ago
  • In this file photo taken on 28 August 2018 former Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda arrives at the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) during the closing statements of his trial in the Hague, the Netherlands. Picture: AFP

    Congolese 'Terminator' warlord to be sentenced at ICC

    Ntaganda faces life in prison for a litany of crimes including directing massacres of civilians in Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile, mineral-rich Ituri region in 2002 and 2003.

    927 days ago
  • News website Iwacu has called for their reporters to be released after they were arrested on Tuesday,  22 October 2019. Picture: @iwacuinfo/Twitter

    Four Burundian journalists charged with undermining state security

    The journalists from domestic news website Iwacu and their driver had travelled to report on violence in the northwestern province of Bubanza when they were arrested on Tuesday

    937 days ago
  • FILE: It requires two injections eight weeks apart, unlike the Merck vaccine, which requires a single shot. Picture: @WHO/Twitter.

    Congo to start using J&J Ebola vaccine in November

    The J&J vaccine will complement another vaccine manufactured by Merck, which has been administered to more than 225,000 people.

    951 days ago
  • FILE: A motor taxi driver gets his hands washed at an Ebola screening station on the road between Butembo and Goma on 16 July 2019 in Goma. Picture: AFP

    DR Congo ex-health minister arrested for 'embezzling Ebola funds' - police

    Ilunga, who resigned as health minister in July after being removed as head of the country's Ebola response team, was detained while hiding in an apartment in the capital Kinshasa ahead of a bid to flee the country, officers said.

    981 days ago
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