Tag Archives: Congo Republic
KAMPALA, Uganda, (UNHCR) – Few customers come to the simply named Beauty Salon in Kampala’s Kisenyi slum, but for refugee owner Rosette Wabenga, it is still a dream come true. “I am a very lucky woman to have this shop,” … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, Congo, DR Congo, Special Reports
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Tagged Beauty salon, Congo Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, God, Goma, IndepthAfrica, Kampala, Refugee, Uganda, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, is an agreeable city with a frayed, low-rise commercial downtown, a hilly upscale district of hotels and embassies that stretches to the airport, and, radiating out in three directions, busy working-class … read more »
At least eight people have been killed in the first clashes between rival factions of the M23 rebel group in DR Congo, sources have told the BBC. The violence was linked to a power-struggle between M23 political leader Jean-Marie Runiga … read more »
The influential Forbes Magazine, has listed the country as ranking high in global index for habouring one of the world’s saddest people, saying the country’s leadership must move from corrupt practices and official profligacy to render quality leadership to the … read more »
Posted in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Angola, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo Republic, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Liberia, Nigeria, saddest nations in the world, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe news
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The influential Forbes Magazine, has listed the country as ranking high in global index for habouring one of the world’s saddest people, saying the country’s leadership must move from corrupt practices and official profligacy to render quality leadership to the … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Angola, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo Republic, Indepth Africa Magazine, Liberia, Nigeria, Nigeria news, nigeria saddest nation, Nigerian news, Sierra Leone
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Voters in the oil-exporting Central African state of Congo Republic have turned out to elect a new parliament, with the ruling party of President Denis Sassou Nguesso and its allies seen holding the majority. Opposition parties have complained about a … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, Congo, News, Spotlight
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, African Union, All Africa, Brazzaville, breaking news, Central Africa, Congo Republic, Congolese Labour Party, Denis Sassou Nguesso, East Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Nigeria news, niheria newspapers, nothafrica, polling place, Sunday, West Africa
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Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe The continuing failure of the Nigerian state to protect the Igbo people from genocide demands new solutions to realise security and self-determination. The concept ‘failed-state’ carries an understandable melodramatic import! It refers to the inability or failure of … read more »
Posted in Article, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged afria travel, Africa news, African news, Biafra, Congo Republic, Hausa-Fulani, Igbo, Igbo people, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Nigeria soccer news, Sierra Leone, travel to africa
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Africa’s richest man, Nigerian Aliko Dangote, has donated $500 000 to victims of last month’s munitions blasts in Congo which killed at least 282 people, his group said on Tuesday. Dangote made the donation at the weekend in the Congolese … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, Spotlight, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Aliko Dangote, Brazzaville, Congo, Congo Republic, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Forbes, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria
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Brazzaville – Morgue workers are hurrying to finish washing the bodies of over 100 victims of last week’s deadly explosion at a Republic of Congo military base ahead of their state funeral. State radio has reported that 246 people were … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, Congo, Daily News Wrap, News
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Tagged Associated Press, Brazzaville, Coffin, Congo, Congo Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Morgue, State funeral
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Brazzaville – State radio reported that the over 200 victims of last weekend’s deadly blast will be buried in a mass funeral on Saturday in the capital’s central cemetery. Firmin Ayessa, the chief of staff for Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso, … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, Congo, Daily News Wrap, News
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Tagged Africa news, African, African news, Associated Press, Brazzaville, Congo Republic, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Firmin Ayessa, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Nigeria, Indepth Soccer, Kinshasa, Sunday, Xinhua News Agency
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On the edge of the military camp in Congo’s capital, Brazzaville, where an ammunition depot exploded, the fence made of concrete blocks and reinforced concrete posts has been flattened. Across the street from the camp, the closest houses in the … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, Congo, Daily News Wrap, News, Special Reports
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Tagged Africa news, African, African news, Ammunition dump, Brazzaville, Congo, Congo Republic, Ebina Kanagawa, European Union, explosion, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Nigeria, Indepth Soccer, Sunday
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NEW YORK, March 6, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ –The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General is profoundly saddened by the loss of life and destruction caused by the accidental explosion of … read more »
Posted in Press Releases, United Nation (UN)
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Tagged Africa news, African, African news, Ammunition dump, Ban Ki-moon, Brazzaville, Congo, Congo Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Government, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Nigeria, Indepth Soccer, United Nations
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Brazzaville – The United States has pledged emergency aid to Congo after huge blasts at an arms depot in Brazzaville killed more than 150 people and left 1 000 injured. President Denis Sassou Nguesso announced a curfew in the capital … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, Congo, Daily News Wrap, News
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Tagged Africa news, African, African news, Alexis Thambwe Mwamba, Brazzaville, Congo, Congo Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Nigeria, Indepth Soccer, Kinshasa, Raymond Mboulou
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Brazzaville – Stunned residents of Congo’s capital surveyed damage caused by deadly blasts at a weapons depot on Sunday that levelled homes, destroyed military barracks and blew out windows in a neighbouring city. “I experienced the apocalypse,” said Jeanette Nuongui, … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, Conflict/Tragedy, Daily News Wrap, DR Congo, East Africa, News
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Tagged Africa news, African, African news, Brazzaville, China, Congo, Congo Republic, Congo River, Democratic Republic of Congo, Huawei, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Nigeria, Indepth Soccer, Kinshasa
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Huge explosions rocked a munitions depot in the Republic of Congo’s capital Brazzaville Sunday, killing at least 100 people and leaving countless others injured, the interior minister said. A plume of smoke rises over the Congolese capital Brazzaville, pictured from … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, Daily News Wrap, DR Congo, News, Spotlight
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Tagged Africa news, African, African news, Brazzaville, Congo, Congo Republic, Congo River, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Nigeria, Indepth Soccer, Kinshasa, Raymond Mboulou
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Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila won re-election, the head of the electoral commission said on Friday, urging calm after a provisional result that the opposition called “totally unacceptable”. Columns of black smoke rose over parts of the mostly … read more »
Posted in DR Congo, News, Politics, Spotlight
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Tagged Congo, Congo Republic, Congo River, Democratic Republic of Congo, Étienne Tshisekedi, Human Rights Watch, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Joseph Kabila, Kinshasa
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Democratic Republic of Congo’s main opposition party welcomed a delay in election results on Wednesday since this would allow time to make the vote more credible, as relative calm returned to the country’s capital. Violence has flared in the vast, … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, DR Congo, Election, News
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Tagged Congo, Congo Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Étienne Tshisekedi, European Union, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Joseph Kabila, Kinshasa, United States
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Congo electoral officials struggled to finish counting votes from last week’s presidential election on Tuesday, sending helicopters to remote polling stations in an effort to meet a midnight deadline. A delay in issuing full preliminary results from the vote in … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, DR Congo, News
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Tagged Congo, Congo Republic, Congo River, Étienne Tshisekedi, Human Rights Watch, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Joseph Kabila, Kabila, Reuters
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Clashes erupted between protesters and security forces in parts of Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday as diplomats scrambled to defuse tensions ahead of the country’s full election results. Police fired tear gas at opposition supporters in Kinshasa, and gunfire … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, DR Congo, News, Spotlight
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Tagged Congo, Congo Republic, Congo River, Democratic Republic of Congo, Étienne Tshisekedi, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Joseph Kabila, Kinshasa, Reuters
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October 26, 2011 by benim
Cameroon’s President Paul Biya promised more jobs for young people and said he would set Cameroon on the path to being an emerging nation in a speech on Tuesday after he was declared winner of this month’s presidential election. Cameroon’s … read more »
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Tagged Biya, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo Republic, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Paul Biya, Southern Africa, West Africa
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October 18, 2011 by benim
Seven opposition candidates who took part in Cameroon’s presidential election asked the Supreme Court on Monday to annul the October 9 vote and call a fresh one within six months. They warned that if their demand was not met, their … read more »
Posted in Cameroon, Central Africa, Election, News
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Tagged Adamou Ndam Njoya, Biya, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo Republic, Election, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, John Fru Ndi, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Paul Biya, Southern Africa, West Africa
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October 12, 2011 by benim
Cameroon’s opposition parties said on Wednesday they would ask the Supreme Court to annul Sunday’s presidential election because of what they called widespread irregularities. The Commonwealth observer mission, in its preliminary findings, said the use of state resources in the … read more »
Posted in Cameroon, Central Africa, Election, News
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Tagged Ban Ki-moon, Biya, Cameroon, Congo Republic, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Paul Biya, Social Democratic Front, Southern Africa, Sunday, Supreme Court, West Africa
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October 11, 2011 by benim
Congo Republic’s ruling Congolese Workers Party (PCT) and allies maintained their grip on the Senate upper house of parliament, winning 29 of 36 seats up for renewal in a mid-term election, results showed on Monday. President Denis Sassou Nguesso’s ruling … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, Congo, News
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Tagged Belgium, Congo, Congo Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Joseph Kabila, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Senate, Southern Africa, West Africa
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September 15, 2011 by benim
Brazzaville – Financing has been found to carry out a long-delayed feasibility study for a bridge over the Congo linking Kinshasa and Brazzaville, the world’s closest capitals, an official said on Thursday. “Financing has now been collected for a study … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, Congo, News
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Tagged African Development Bank, Atlantic Ocean, Brazzaville, Congo Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Great Lakes, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Indian Ocean, Kinshasa, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, West Africa
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October 15, 2010 by benim
Civil wars and militia conflicts have plagued the Republic of Congo, which is sometimes referred to as Congo Brazzaville. After three coup-ridden but relatively peaceful decades of independence, the former French colony experienced the first of two destructive bouts of … read more »
Posted in Facts about Africa
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Tagged Africa news, Congo, Congo Brazzaville, Congo country profile, Congo Republic, Congo Timeline, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Facts about Republic of Congo, French Riviera, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Warfare and Conflict
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