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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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Kinshasa – DR Congo President Joseph Kabila had a 10-point lead early on Tuesday over top challenger Etienne Tshisekedi, with election officials due to name a winner later in the day amid fears of violence. With just over two-thirds of … read more »
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Tagged Congo, Congo River, Democratic Republic of Congo, Étienne Tshisekedi, Independent National Electoral Commission, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Crisis Group, Joseph Kabila, Kinshasa
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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 »
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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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The board of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s state-owned energy supplier SNEL will be sacked for mismanagement after power cuts in the country’s capital, Kinshasa, the government said on Saturday. The sackings come months ahead of polls, in which President … read more »
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Tagged Congo River, Democratic Republic of Congo, International Criminal Court, International Energy Agency, Jean-Pierre Bemba, Joseph Kabila, Kinshasa, Reuters
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Kinshasa – Authorities in northwestern Congo say more than 100 people are feared dead after two boats collided on a river. Equateur province spokesperson Rebecca Ebale Nguma says at least 220 people were aboard the boat on the Tshuapa River … read more »
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Kinshasa – Seven bodies were found on Wednesday two days after a boat sank on the Kasai River in central Democratic Republic of Congo, with scores of people still missing, authorities said. “So far, we have retrieved six bodies and … read more »
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Kinshasa – An overcrowded boat capsized in Democratic Republic of Congo, witnesses said, leaving at least 106 people missing in the latest transportation tragedy in this vast Central African country of jungles and huge rivers. The boat carrying passengers and … read more »
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