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Congo bans import of key consumer goods

Authorities have banned imports of several popular consumer products in the west of the Democratic Republic of Congo for six months to fight smuggling, Trade Minister Jean-Lucien Busa said on Monday.

Four million displaced by violence in DRC

The number of people displaced by conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, mainly in the volatile Kasai region, has doubled in the past six months to four million, a United Nations official said on Saturday.

SADC to send special envoy to DRC amidst political tension

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has announced it will be sending a delegation to the Democratic Republic of Congo which has witnessed heightened tension.

Landslide in northeast DRC kills 40

40 people have been killed in a landslide in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday. The incident happened in a fishing village on the banks of Lake Albert, according to officials in the country.

UN claims Congolese militia might have killed its investigators

An enquiry report by the United Nations has revealed that two UN investigators who were killed in March possibly died in the hands of Congolese militia members, according to the AFP news agency.

Police and religious sect clash in DRC, 14 killed

Authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo say at least 14 people are dead after clashes between police and suspected members of a religious sect that was behind a recent prison break.

Dozens detained in DRC, opposition demands elections

Democratic Republic of Congo's political opposition says dozens of people have been detained following demonstrations in the capital calling for presidential elections by the...

UN names experts to probe DRC massacres

The United Nations named three international experts on Wednesday to investigate atrocities in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, some of...

AFP journalists seized by DRC military

Two Agence France-Presse (AFP) journalists were briefly detained and maltreated in the Democratic Republic of Congo capital Kinshasa on Tuesday by three men who...

Five peacekeepers’ bases in DRC to be closed by UN

Five UN peacekeepers' bases in the Democratic Republic of Congo are to close at the end of July, the UN mission there announced on...

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