Congo-Kinshasa

  • Jan 9, 2009
  • 2 min read

CENTRAL AFRICA: Militias clash amid signs of CNDP rift

UN mediator Olusegun Obasanjo, the former Nigerian president, met rebel leader Laurent Nkunda...

  • Jan 2, 2009
  • 13 min read

AFRICA: Commodities downturn dents mining prospects

Initial hopes that the global economic downturn would be shallow and short-lived are being...

Africa
  • Dec 31, 2008
  • 2 min read

CONGO-KINSHASA: LRA attacks leave hundreds dead

Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels have killed as many as 400 civilians in attacks in...

Congo-Kinshasa
  • Dec 30, 2008
  • 6 min read

CENTRAL AFRICA: Kivu conflict imperils wider region

Negotiations for a ceasefire in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are due to resume in...

  • Dec 23, 2008
  • 2 min read

CONGO-KINSHASA: MONUC mandate lacks bite without peace

The UN Security Council yesterday voted to extend for a year the mandate for its peace-keeping...

Congo-Kinshasa
  • Dec 15, 2008
  • 1 min read

CENTRAL AFRICA: Joint strike shows LRA regional threat

The governments of Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Southern Sudan carried out a...

  • Dec 9, 2008
  • 2 min read

EUROPEAN UNION/DRC: Ministers opt against Congo troops

European foreign ministers yesterday failed to agree on sending EU troops to reinforce UN...

  • Dec 8, 2008
  • 2 min read

CONGO-KINSHASA: Rebel talks face steep hurdles

Representatives of the government and Laurent Nkunda's National Congress for the Defence of the...

Congo-Kinshasa