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DRC: Vote can’t be held by end of year

The head of Democratic Republic of Congo's electoral commission says it is not possible to organize presidential elections by the end of this year. The...

DRC soldiers convicted for massacre in disputed Kasai region

A Democratic Republic of Congo court convicted seven soldiers on Thursday for the murder of suspected militia members in the country's insurrection-ravaged Kasai region. The...

Scores killed in CAR lorry crash

At least 77 people have been killed after a lorry loaded with passengers and goods crashed in the Central African Republic, officials say. Dozens more...

Burundi authorities purge army on ethnic lines

Burundian authorities have intensified an ethnically-driven purge of the army this year, risking renewed civil war in the central African nation, a French rights...

Banro gold mine in east Congo shuttered by violence

Fighting between the Congolese army and a local militia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has forced Banro Corp's Namoya gold mine to suspend...

Hundreds of Congolese arrested in Uganda for illegal entry

Police in western Uganda's Kasese District are holding over 130 Congolese nationals for illegal entry. Authorities say the Congolese entered Uganda and stayed at Kayanja,...

DRC declares Ebola outbreak over after four deaths

Democratic Republic of Congo declared its two-month Ebola outbreak officially over on Saturday after 42 days without recording a new case of the disease. The...

No independence day parade in Congo because of security concerns

Democratic Republic of Congo will not hold its annual independence day military parade on Friday because of security concerns, an adviser to President Joseph...

French Bank BNP Paribas faces lawsuit over Rwandan genocide

French investment bank BNP Paribas has been accused of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes related to the mass slaughter in 1994 that claimed more than 800,000 lives. Reuters reports that three non-government organisations (NGOs) have filed a lawsuit in Paris against BNP Paribas, alleging that it knowingly approved a transfer of $1.3m from the Rwandan central bank to an arms dealer during the genocide.

Congo to investigate ex-minister’s alleged role in Kasai violence

Parliament in the Democratic Republic of Congo has authorised the state prosecutor to probe alleged involvement by a former minister in violence rocking the...

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