TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE UPROOTED BY MILITIA VIOLENCE IN CENTRAL CONGO

Tens of thousands of people uprooted by militia violence in central Congo U.N... READ MORE›

KABILA IS YET TO SIGN DEAL TO END HIS RULE

A deal has been signed to end Joseph Kabila's 15-year rule in the Democratic Republic of Congo... READ MORE›

DEAL FINALISED ON PEACEFUL POLITICAL TRANSITION IN DRC

They of course opposed the referendum and said the government was trying to keep President Kabila in power... READ MORE›

CONGO'S KABILA AGREES TO STEP DOWN AFTER ELECTIONS

Congolese President Joseph Kabila will step down after elections to be held by the end of 2017 under a last-minute deal struck by political parties on Frid... READ MORE›

DOZENS FEARED DEAD AS BOAT CAPSIZES IN LAKE ALBERT

Nine bodies found after tragedy strikes football team and fans in Africa's seventh largest lake, Uganda news media say... READ MORE›

AT LEAST 22 KILLED IN TROUBLED NORTH KIVU PROVINCE

Regional official blames group led by Ugandan rebels for civilian deaths in North Kivu province near Beni over weekend... READ MORE›

KABILA DEAL HANGS BY THREAD AFTER MARATHON MEETING

A frustrated CENCO official, speaking on condition of anonymity, blasted DR Congo's political class for serious mediocrity in their inability to reach a deal... READ MORE›

TRUMP CALLS REMARKS ON VIDEO BY BERLIN ATTACKER 'A PURELY RELIGIOUS THREAT'

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CHURCH CALLS FOR PEACE AFTER DEADLY CLASHES

Al Jazeera's Mohammed Adow, reporting from the Congolese capital Kinshasa, said officials have been widely criticised for the heavy-handed nature of their crackdown on protesters... READ MORE›

CATHOLIC CHURCH URGES CONGO TO REACH A POLITICAL CONSENSUS BY CHRISTMAS

Peacekeeping mission in Congo said it had documented 19 people shot to death, 45 wounded and a very high number of arrests in Kinshasa, Lubumbashi, Matadi and Goma... READ MORE›

DEADLY CLASHES ERUPT AS PRESIDENT KABILA'S TERM ENDS

Against this backdrop, Etienne Tshisekedi, the opposition leader, called on the Congolese people to peacefully resist Kabila... READ MORE›

'20 DEAD' IN DRC PROTESTS AFTER PRESIDENT'S TERM EXPIRES

Opposition leader calls on Congolese people to peacefully resist 'illegitimate leader' amid clashes with security forces... READ MORE›

UP TO 20 DEAD IN CLASHES IN CONGO OVER PRESIDENT'S DECISION TO STAY IN POWER

Negotiations on the crisis between Kabila's coalition and the largely fragmented opposition have so far been unsuccessful... READ MORE›

SECURITY FORCES DEPLOY IN CONGO IN ANTICIPATION OF BIG ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS

Many people in Congo -- the largest country in sub-Saharan Africa -- are bracing for a violent clash between Kabila's opponents and security forces... READ MORE›

REBELS KILL SOUTH AFRICAN PEACEKEEPER AND POLICEMAN

Butembo is a city of around one million people in the troubled North Kivu province located in east of the country... READ MORE›

CONGO PREPARES FOR A POTENTIALLY VIOLENT POLITICAL CRISIS

KINSHASA -- Monday was meant to be the last day of Joseph Kabila's 15-year presidency... READ MORE›

CONGO BRACES FOR VIOLENCE AS PRESIDENT'S MANDATE EXPIRES

Government officials blame the opposition for the lack of progress in reaching a settlement... READ MORE›

CONGO PRESIDENT JOSEPH KABILA MAY DEFY CONSTITUTION AND STAY IN OFFICE FOR THIRD TERM

Last week, the Treasury Department sanctioned two Congolese officials close to Kabila, saying the officials were undermining democracy... READ MORE›

DRC: SOCIAL NETWORKS TO BE BLOCKED FROM MIDNIGHT SUNDAY

Move seemingly in order to prevent organisation of public protests as President Kabila's term ends on Sunday... READ MORE›

AT LEAST 62 DEAD AS UGANDA MOVES AGAINST TRIBAL KING

So far we managed to kill 46 of the royal guards and we also arrested 139 guards, regional police spokesman Mansur Suwed told the Reuters news agency... READ MORE›

DR CONGO MILITIA ATTACK KILLS DOZENS IN EASTERN REGION

Local authorities say at least 34 civilians killed by Nande ethnic militia in attack on camp for displaced people... READ MORE›

CLASHES KILL SCORES IN RESTIVE UGANDAN KINGDOM

Yesterday a joint Uganda police and UPDF army operation, patrolling in Kasese town ..... READ MORE›

DR CONGO: OPPOSITION FIGURE SAMY BADIBANGA NAMED PM

Main opposition bloc denounces President Joseph Kabila's move, which comes after controversial power-sharing deal... READ MORE›

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO 'FACES CIVIL WAR' IF PRESIDENT FAILS TO QUIT

However, the deal was boycotted by Rassemblement, the main opposition coalition, which says it violates the constitution... READ MORE›

AT LEAST 17 KILLED IN PROTESTS OVER PRESIDENT IN DR CONGO'S CAPITAL

But the teenage goalkeeper of Gambia's national women's football team never made it to Italy as she planned... READ MORE›

CONGO'S KABILA COURTS REGIONAL SUPPORT AS OPPOSITION PREPARES 'RED CARD'

This week, Laurent Kabila's son, Joseph, another Congolese president facing upheaval at home, heads to Luanda in search of a helping hand... READ MORE›

CONGO SECURITY FORCES KILLED DOZENS OF ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTERS

Four police officers were burned alive or beaten to death by protesters who also looted the headquarters of ruling coalition political parties, according to UNJHRO... READ MORE›

DRC OPPOSITION REJECTS VOTE DELAY, CALLS FOR STRIKE

Most opposition forces, however, boycotted the national dialogue and called for a nationwide general strike on Wednesday to put pressure on Kabila... READ MORE›

FRANCE SAYS CONGO ELECTION DELAY NOT ANSWER TO CRISIS

European Union foreign ministers said on Monday they would prepare economic sanctions against Congo unless it held presidential and parliamentary elections next year... READ MORE›

DRC DELAYS ELECTION TO 2018 DESPITE OPPOSITION ANGER

Main opposition bloc views vote delay as President Joseph Kabila's attempt to remain in power beyond his term... READ MORE›

CINCINNATI ZOO KILLS GORILLA TO SAVE CHILD

In the wild, they can be found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Equatorial Guinea... READ MORE›

The reasons for Indian mothers' relatively poor health are many, including a culture that discriminates against them... READ MORE›

CHURCH OF ENGLAND MAY SELL A?3M STAKE IN MINING FIRM OVER FEARS FOR GORILLA HAVEN

Church of England may sell A?3m stake in mining firm over fears for gorilla haven... READ MORE›

GRAUERS GORILLAS MAY SOON BE EXTINCT CONSERVATIONISTS SAY

But the Rwandan genocide that year led to the gorillas' precipitous decline... READ MORE›

GPS IN FAKE TUSKS TRACKS IVORY POACHING TO TERRORISTS

The National Geographic investigation, a??Tracking Ivory,a?? used fake tusks with GPS implants to track the trade route. Journalist Bryan Christy reports... READ MORE›

HOW THE WORLD TURNED ITS BACK ON RAPE VICTIMS OF CONGO

A recent army offensive against a nearby militia has prompted a fresh wave of sexual violence... READ MORE›

DRC BANS OPPOSITION RALLY AFTER DEATHS OF TWO POLICEMEN

A demonstration against President Joseph Kabila has been banned in Democratic Republic of Congo DRC after two policemen died in clashes with protesters... READ MORE›

FOUR KILLED TRYING TO STOP ELEPHANT POACHERS IN CONGO

The national park is situated in an unstable region bordering South Sudan and near Uganda, where Uganda's brutal Lord's Resistance Army rebels operate... READ MORE›

UK DISMISSES RWANDA SPY CHIEF CASE

Rwanda's Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo said she was delighted that Gen Karake was returning to Rwanda... READ MORE›

U.N. SAYS SOME OF ITS PEACEKEEPERS WERE PAYING 13-YEAR-OLDS FOR SEX

As the United Nations maintains nine peacekeeping operations in Africa, employing over 100,000 people on the continent, the abuses threaten to erode the organization's legitimacy... READ MORE›

THE NUN WHO BRINGS HOPE TO ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS PLACES FOR WOMEN

But amid the hazards Sister Angelique Namaika is helping to transform the lives of young women subjected to abduction rape and sexual slavery... READ MORE›

ORPHANAGE FOUNDER FROM AFRICA WINS PRIZE IN MEMORY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

Ms. Barankitse was born in Burundi, a central African nation where a tumultuous ethnic conflict pit her people, the Tutsis, against the Hutus... READ MORE›

REMBRANDT'S MONKEY: GOOD NEWS FOR AFRICA'S NEWEST PRIMATE | JEREMY HANCE

Currently, there are 33 known species of guenon monkeys, making them the most species-rich of Africa's mainland primates... READ MORE›

UN PULLS OUT OF DR CONGO OFFENSIVE

Dr congo conflict un pulls out of planned assault on fdlr... READ MORE›

DR CONGO TO EXPEL AFRICAN ACTIVISTS

DR Congo Seeks Democracy The Democratic Republic of Congo says it will deport four pro-democracy activists from Senegal and Burkina Faso arrested on Sunday... READ MORE›

SCORES 'HACKED TO DEATH' IN MACHETE ATTACK IN DR CONGO

The DRC troops blamed the attack on the Allied Democratic Forces ADF, a Ugandan rebel group known to operate bases inside neighbouring DRC... READ MORE›

UN OFFICIAL RESIGNS AMID ACCUSATIONS OF SEX ABUSE BY PEACEKEEPERS

For years, the issue of how to stanch sexual abuse in its ranks has bedeviled the United Nations... READ MORE›

MORE THAN 60 MILLION PEOPLE DISPLACED BY WAR IN 2015

The United Nations asks the world to turn its attention Saturday to people displaced by war conflict and other crises... READ MORE›

BELGIUM AND EU ACT OVER 'RISING RISK'

Belgium says those among about 500 Belgians in the country whose presence is not essential should leave... READ MORE›

POACHERS KILL OVER 200 ELEPHANTS IN A YEAR IN CONGO NATIONAL PARK

It also said its mandate does not include military support for Garamba's rangers... READ MORE›

DRC OPPOSITION CALLS FOR MORE PROTESTS DESPITE RECENT DEATHS

Buildings, including the offices of major opposition parties, were badly damaged amid widespread looting... READ MORE›

CONGOLESE SEE NO END TO PRESIDENTS FINAL TERM

The 2011 presidential election was tainted by serious irregularities and voter fraud, according to American and European electoral observers... READ MORE›

SHIFT IN U.S. CONGO POLICY LEAVES KABILA EXPOSED

For years, many in Washington saw Kabila as Congo's best bet... READ MORE›

LETTER FROM AFRICA: GAME RANGERS IN DANGER

Some estimate that gangs of poachers kill two or three rangers every week in game reserves across Africa... READ MORE›

SOUTH SUDAN LEADERS ORDER CEASEFIRE AS CIVIL WAR FEARS GROW

President Salva Kiir is determined to carry on his partnership with Riek Machar... READ MORE›

DEATH OF NORTHERN WHITE RHINO LEAVES JUST THREE WORLDWIDE

An aging and much loved northern white rhino died on Sunday at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in California... READ MORE›

TERRIFYING MOMENT 'DRUNK' GORILLA TAKES A SWING AT PHOTOGRAPHER

Terrifying moment 'drunk' gorilla takes a swing at photographer - Telegraph... READ MORE›

HONG KONG NAMED WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE CITY FOR EXPATS

As a result, the British capital is now cheaper than New York, Beijing, Tokyo and Zurich... READ MORE›

ON CLIMATE CHANGE NOT A SCIENTIST NOT ENOUGH FOR SOME U.S. REPUBLICANS

The United Nations has estimated that from 1987 to 2012, the Lord's Resistance Army killed more than 100,000 people, abducted 60,000 to 100,000 children and displaced more than 2.5 million civilians... READ MORE›

CONGO LURCHES TOWARD NEW CRISIS AS A RIVAL ASCENDS

Mr. Katumbi has a flair for the flamboyant that evokes Mobutu Sese Seko, Congo's former dictator renowned for his staggering opulence... READ MORE›

UN TO INVESTIGATE PEACEKEEPERS REPORTED OF KILLING WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN AFRICA

Human Rights Watch has also documented murders by torture, public executions and beating deaths by Congolese peacekeepers... READ MORE›

MUSLIM STATES BLOCK GAY GROUPS FROM UN AIDS MEETING

The issues of LGBT rights and participation in events at the United Nations have long been contentious... READ MORE›

MUSLIM STATES BLOCK GAY GROUPS FROM U.N. AIDS MEETING; U.S. PROTESTS

The issues of LGBT rights and participation in events at the United Nations have long been contentious... READ MORE›

ARMIES USED BY UN FAIL WATCHDOG GROUPS TEST

United Nations officials did not dispute the findings but said the study did not reflect steps the organization had taken to prevent corruption by peacekeepers... READ MORE›

ASHLEY JUDD VOWS TO COMBAT 15M FORCED CHILD MARRIAGES EVERY YEAR

Actress Ashley Judd was named the United Nations goodwill ambassador on child marriage... READ MORE›

UN OFFICIAL URGES CHINA TO RELEASE DETAINED LAWYERS

The Chinese authorities have arrested more than 250 lawyers, legal assistants and activists in a crackdown that began in July... READ MORE›

PEACEKEEPERS ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ABUSE IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

United Nations investigators suspect that French peacekeepers abused boys in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, in 2014... READ MORE›

U.N. CONDEMNS SEX ABUSE BY PEACEKEEPERS IN AFRICA

Said the sexual abuse allegations were putting peacekeeping operations in a??jeopardy.a??... READ MORE›

FRESH SEX ABUSE CHARGES AGAINST U.N. FORCES IN CENTRAL AFRICA

Peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic said on Tuesday it was investigating new allegations of sexual abuse of minors by peacekeepers in the conflict-torn African nation... READ MORE›

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC UN REQUESTS INQUIRY INTO PEACEKEEPERS

The latest cases follow a series of sexual abuse accusations against United Nations peacekeepers last year in the Central African Republic... READ MORE›

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC ATTACK KILLS 8 CIVILIANS AT CAMP FOR DISPLACED PEOPLE

An attack in the Central African Republic by Muslim fighters killed eight civilians in a camp for displaced people, the United Nations said Friday... READ MORE›

SURGE IN VIOLENCE IN BURUNDI RAISES CONCERNS AT UN SECURITY COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN UNION

The move comes in the wake of the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopting a resolution strongly condemning increasing killings, torture and human rights violations in the country... READ MORE›