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A version of this post ran on the author’s blog, Africa in Transition. The views expressed are the author’s own. The ‘heroic’ leaders who follow notorious African dictators to power frequently fall from grace themselves. If Morgan Tsvangirai replaces Robert Mugabe as … read more »
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By Alemayehu G Mariam All dictators on the African continent have sought immortality by leaving a legacy that will outlive them and endure for the ages. But all have inherited the wind. Kwame Nkrumah led the first sub-Saharan African country … read more »
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It’s the people of Africa who are being ripped off Nick Dearden There is a deep rooted and pernicious view, amongst those claiming to want to ‘help’ Africa that proves difficult to shake. It says that Africa’s impoverishment can be … read more »
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Kinshasa – President Joseph Kabila’s party has lost 45% of the legislative seats it held before November elections that were denounced as fraudulent and chaotic, according to belated results announced by Congo’s electoral commission. Kabila still will command a majority … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, DR Congo, News
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• Corruption Getting Worse Under NDC • The Woyomes’ PANDORA BOX • Israel’s Former President, Mosha Katsav, Jailed • Former Governor Rod Blagojevich Jailed We have been told again and again that political corruption is the bane of Africa’s development. … read more »
November 30, 2011 by benim
Kinshasa – After an election marred by missing ballots and violence, officials extended voting to a second day Tuesday in an attempt to prevent further unrest in sub-Saharan Africa’s largest nation. Country experts had urged the government to postpone Monday’s … read more »
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November 29, 2011 by benim
Kinshasa – Voting materials arrived late or sometimes not at all in precincts throughout the country, but the Democratic republic of Congo’s elections went ahead, raising doubts about the legitimacy of a poll that already has seen at least nine … read more »
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November 14, 2011 by benim
Johannesburg – Democratic Republic of Congo’s Congo’s leading opposition presidential candidate has spent the first half of the month long electoral campaign in South Africa, but that did not stop him sending a bombshell from afar: Etienne Tshisekedi proclaimed himself … read more »
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November 7, 2011 by benim
Kinshasa – Rival supporters clashed on Monday in the Democratic Republic of Congo where the government also shut down an opposition TV station, as tension rose with general polls only three weeks away. In the southeastern mining city of Lubumbashi, … read more »
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September 9, 2011 by benim
Kinshasa – Former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba, who is held in The Hague on war crimes charges, will not contend the November 28 presidential election, his party said Thursday. “We do not have the authorisation from … read more »
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September 8, 2011 by benim
Kinshasa – Congolese authorities imposed on Wednesday a temporary ban on political protests in the capital Kinshasa over fears of escalating violence in the run-up to November elections, officials said. The ban, which will remain in place until Sunday, was … read more »
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September 7, 2011 by benim
Kinshasa – Nzanga Mobutu, the son of former dictator Mobutu Sese Seko, has officially filed his candidacy for the Democratic Republic of Congo’s November presidential elections, an AFP correspondent reported. The 40-year-old, who was deputy prime minister and labour minister … read more »
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JUBA, Sudan — Shakirah Namwanje may be something of a big shot. Like tens of thousands of fellow Ugandans who have emigrated to this new land across the border, Ms. Namwanje has come to get rich. Outfitted with a sharp … read more »
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Congolese President Joseph Kabila has fired two ministers from junior coalition partners in what analysts believe is part of a bid by his party to assert itself before elections in November. Information Minister Lambert Mende confirmed on Saturday that Vice … read more »
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Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has recovered after a tumultuous Sunday when inexplicable shootings were heard coming from the riverside residence of President Joseph Kabila. A group of unknown people in civilian clothes attacked the … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, Crime & Corruption, DR Congo, News
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February 25, 2011 by benim
Kinshasa – A witness in the trial of eight police officers accused of the murder of a Democratic Republic of Congo human rights activist on Thursday said locals told him they saw officers transport and then abandon Floribert Chebeya’s body. … read more »
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, breaking news, Democratic Republic of Congo, Embassies and Consulates, Floribert Chebeya, Human rights, Human Rights and Liberties, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, International Criminal Court, Kinshasa, Mobutu Sese Seko, News local news, World news
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February 7, 2011 by benim
The table below shows estimates of the funds allegedly embezzled by some of the most notorious leaders over the last three decades (from TI Global Corruption Report 2004:13). They represent only the tip of the iceberg of the problem of … read more »
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January 31, 2011 by benim
Addis Ababa. Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has handed over the chairmanship of the African Union (AU) to his Equatorial Guinea counterpart Theodore Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. As President Nguema takes over, many must be wondering the wisdom of the African … read more »
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December 29, 2010 by benim
South Africa’s ascension to the BRIC group of major emerging economies was more about politics than economics and reflects expectations it will be the gateway for investment in the fast-growing continent. South Africa, with a $285 billion economy, a much … read more »
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December 27, 2010 by benim
Look no further than Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Algeria, Sudan and our own backyard to get a glimpse of what’s to come Africa has often been compared to a gun, with Nigeria as its trigger. On closer inspection … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, breaking news, Democratic Republic of Congo, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mobutu Sese Seko, Nelson Mandela, News local news, newspapers, Nigeria news Papers, Omar al-Bashir, Southern African Development Community, Thabo Mbeki, West Africa, World news
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October 15, 2010 by benim
A vast country with immense economic resources, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has been at the centre of what could be termed Africa’s world war. This has left it in the grip of a humanitarian crisis. The five-year … read more »
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