Tag Archives: Kinshasa
By Imogen Lamb, April 25 is World Malaria Day, a day designed to highlight a disease that continues to kill almost 700,000 people around the world every year. Most of the deaths occur in young children under five years old. … read more »
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Tagged Conditions and Diseases, Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, Health, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kinshasa, Malaria, World Malaria Day
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KINSHASA — Bosco Ntaganda, a leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s M23 rebel group who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, has fled to neighbouring Rwanda, the Congolese government said Sunday. “He eventually crossed (the border) on Saturday… … read more »
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 »
Six people died when an airplane crashed in the Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday while attempting to land during a rainstorm in the eastern city of Goma, Transport Minister Justin Kalumba said. The three passengers on the Compagnie Africaine d’Aviation … read more »
KINSHASA, Dem. Rep. of Congo (DRC) – Augustin Matata Ponyo Mapon, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, states: “National economic performance, the orthodox management of public finances and the concerted efforts of the authorities in combating corruption were … read more »
A spokesman for Uganda’s government says talks between the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the M23 group are scheduled to resume Friday, despite threats by the rebels to pull out. The talks would be held in Uganda’s … read more »
Kukwama katika Athens ndogo gorofa siku zote ili kuepuka kuwa hawakupata na polisi, na kupata mwingine hisabu katika gereza na uwezekano wa kumpiga, 29-year-old Cameroon Eugene Manaa rues siku alikuja Ugiriki. “Maisha ni magumu si tu hapa. Ni vigumu, “anasema … read more »
DR Congo troops have entered the eastern mining city of Goma, two days after rebel M23 fighters withdrew in line with a regionally brokered deal. But the rebels have warned they will retake the city, if the government fails to … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, DR Congo, Rwanda
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Tagged Aronda Nyakairima, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Goma, IndepthAfrica, Kinshasa, Lake Kivu, Rwanda, Uganda
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By Judith Verweijen The recent fall of Goma has starkly highlighted the shaky foundations of the ‘peace architecture’ that was built in the wake of the Second Congo War (1998-2002). Briefly, it once again seemed that the entire house of … read more »
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Tagged Democratic Republic of Congo, Goma, IndepthAfrica, Kinshasa, Kivu, Military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Second Congo War, Tutsi
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Thousands of women protested against the M23 rebels in Kinshasa on Friday in the biggest demonstration yet in DR Congo’s capital against the rebels’ capture of the eastern Congo city of Goma on Tuesday. Women, coming from all walks of … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, Congo, DR Congo, Rwanda
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Tagged Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Goma, IndepthAfrica, James Kabarebe, Kinshasa, North Kivu, Rwanda, United Nations
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Rebel forces in eastern Congo say they planned to take control of the whole of the vast central African country after they captured the eastern town of Goma while United Nations peacekeepers looked on. A spokesman for the M23 rebels, … read more »
KINSHASA — Clashes erupted again early on Saturday between army soldiers and M23 rebels in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where fighting has been flaring all week. The clashes in the Nord Kivu region, which a rebel spokesman … read more »
It only perpetuates Africa’s exploitation and alienation Antoine Roger Lokongo The Democratic Republic of Congo was recently the host of choice for ‘The 14th Summit Meeting of La Francophonie Heads of State and Governments’ which was held in the capital … read more »
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Tagged Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, France, Francophonie, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kinshasa, Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, President of France
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The Democratic Republic of Congo qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of nations despite losing 2-1 to Equatorial Guinea in their second leg qualifier played the Nuevo Estadio de Malabo on Sunday night. Javier Balboa and Ben Konate scored for … read more »
Posted in DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Soccer
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Tagged 2013 africa cup of nation, Claude Le Roy, Democratic Republic Congo, Equatorial Guinea, IndepthAfrica, Javier Balboa, Kinshasa, Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Youssouf Mulumbu
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By Günther v. Billerbeck at Good Governance Group (G3) The current crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) North and South Kivu provinces is yet another episode in the epic conflict that has engulfed the region since the Rwandan … read more »
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Tagged Congo, Democratic Republic Congo, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, indepthafrica South African Press Association, Joseph Kabila, Kabila, Kinshasa, Laurent Nkunda, Rwanda
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The Permanent Secretary of the National Committee for Refugees (CNR) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Mrs. Berthe Zinga Ilunga, has hailed the government’s political will to ensure the voluntary repatriation of Congolese living in Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, Daily News Wrap, DR Congo, News
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Tagged Burundi, Congo, Democratic Republic Congo, DRC, IndepthAfrica, Kinshasa, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Uganda
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South African Airways (SAA) is set to add, in the coming two months, two new destinations to its ever-increasing Africa-region route network. The two new destinations, Abidjan and Brazzaville, will bring the total number of destinations that SAA serves throughout … read more »
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What makes an entrepreneur? The BBC’s Thomas Hubert and Tom Santorelli spoke to Gabriel Osombo, a diamond trader in an open-air diamond market in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. When Gabriel Osombo realised he would never make ends … read more »
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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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WASHINGTON, March 6, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press Statement Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC March 5, 2012 I was deeply saddened to learn of the loss of life and damage caused by Sunday’s explosions at a … read more »
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 »
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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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Kinshasa – Democratic Republic of Congo’s leading opposition party ordered its newly elected members of parliament on Saturday to boycott the national assembly following a controversial vote marred by irregularities and violence. The decision by the UDPS risks leaving the … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, Daily News Wrap, DR Congo, News
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Tagged Catholic Church, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Étienne Tshisekedi, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Joseph Kabila, Kabila, Kinshasa, Opposition (parliamentary)
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Kinshasa – Democratic Republic of Congo’s ministry of transport has suspended flight authorisation for two companies after their plane crashed and killed one of the president’s most trusted advisers. A ministry communiqué released on Tuesday says Air Katanga and Katanga … read more »
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Tagged Antoine Ghonda, Bukavu, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Indepth Africa Magazine, Kinshasa, South Africa, United States
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Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila’s chief adviser was killed and his finance minister injured in an airplane crash near the eastern town of Bukavu on Sunday, government officials said. The accident, the latest in a country with one … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, Conflict/Tragedy, DR Congo, News
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Tagged Antoine Ghonda, Bukavu, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Joseph Kabila, Kabila, Kinshasa, South Kivu
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Kinshasa – President Joseph Kabila’s ruling PPRD party and its allies won a parliamentary majority in November elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to official results released on Thursday. The camp of the PPRD and its allied parties … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, DR Congo, Election, News
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Tagged Democratic Republic of Congo, Electoral Commission (United Kingdom), Étienne Tshisekedi, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Joseph Kabila, Kabila, Kinshasa, President of the United States, Union for Democracy and Social Progress
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Kinshasa – A provincial official in the Congolese province of South Kivu says a plane has crashed after take-off and there is no news of the passengers on board. Laban Kyalangalilwa, the minister in charge of transportation in South Kivu … read more »
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Tagged Antonov, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kinshasa, Laban Kyalangalilwa, Monday, Namoya, South Kivu
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Kinshasa, Congo – The Democratic Republic of Congo’s top opposition leader is calling for a strike over last year’s much-criticized election. Etienne Tshisekedi on Friday called for the strike to start Monday, but it is unclear if his call will … read more »
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Tagged Catholic Church, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Étienne Tshisekedi, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Joseph Kabila, Kinshasa, November
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Kinshasa – A Congolese rights group says at least 19 children and six pregnant women died from acute malnutrition and lack of medicine after a feared warlord returned to the southeast. Another 1 000 children examined by the African Association … read more »
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