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Congo-Nile trail opens in Rwanda

View Larger Image Hiking Rwanda: To tempt travelers with more than gorillas in their midst, the country recently created the 141-mile Congo Nile …

Heated exchange for Obama in Arizona

President Obama has an encounter with Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer while on a tour of election states. Ninette Sosa reports.

Rwanda trial against opposition politican on charges of genocide denial delayed again

By Associated Press, Monday, January 16, 8:21 AM KIGALI, Rwanda — The trial against Rwanda’s top opposition leader has been postponed again. Rwanda’s High Court on …

Ottawa man back home after Congo ordeal

Fabien Shambuyi Kalala arrived back in Ottawa Monday afternoon. (Omar Dabeghi-Pacheco/CBC) An Ottawa man who jailed in the Congo following that country’s contentious …

DR Congo legislative vote results due on January 26

DR Congo’s electoral commission said that the release of full legislative vote results that had been due on Friday was postponed until …

FACTBOX-Main political risks to watch in DR Congo

By Jonny Hogg KINSHASA Jan 13 (Reuters) – The stability of the Democratic Republic of Congo hangs in the balance after a …

Democratic Republic of the Congo: ICRC evacuates war casualties in South Kivu

Kinshasa (ICRC) – Heavy fighting has been raging in Shabunda territory of South Kivu province since 31 December. Since 5 January, 27 …

JACOB ZUMA- Congolese need to stop blaming others and be responsible for themselves!

Man has his passport back: Feds

BY KELLY ROCHE,OTTAWA SUN Fabien Kalala Shambuyi, 24, of Ottawa, has been stuck in the Congo after being arrested during political unrest after …

Jones Day, Fasken Martineau Advise as First Quantum Sells Disputed Congo Mines

Posted by Tom Huddleston Jr. Canadian miner First Quantum Minerals is selling all of its Congolese mines in a $1.25 billion …

Nothing has been solved in the DRC since the Elections

By Scott A Morgan It has not even been a month since Joseph Kabila was “inaugurated” for another term as President of …

First Quantum settles Congo disputes for US$1.25-billion

Katrina Manson / Reuers Heavy machinery is seen at First Quantum’s Frontier copper mine in Fungurume, southern Democratic Republic of Congo. It …

30,000 homes in DR Congo to receive energy storage systems

PDI Global hopes to supply at least 300,000 homes with solar power. PDI Global signed a US$100 million contract with Leo Motors …

Giving Congo’s child soldiers a second chance

A child soldier from the Mai Mai militia stands outside a school in Mutongo, a village in the Walikale district in the …

Congo-Kinshasa: Rwandan Rebels Kill Dozens of Civilians

Les Neuhaus/IRIN MONUC troops on patrol in Goma (file photo). The Rwandan rebel group, Forces démocratiques pour la libération du Rwanda (FDLR), …

At least 26 civilians killed in militia attack in eastern Congo, military official says

KINSHASA, Congo — A military official says that more than two dozen civilians have been killed in a series of attacks …

DRC: Kengo wa Dondo forgives his attackers

- Leon Kengo Wa Dondo, president of the Congolese Senate, June 2010.Photo congonetradio.com Victim of assault in Paris, Saturday, Dec. 31, the …

Congo inmates killed during attempted escape after grenade error

Nine inmates were killed in a botched prison break in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday after one of them pulled …

MESSAGE A LA NATION DU PRESIDENT ETIENNE TSHISEKEDI

Message de fin d’année à la Nation Congolaise:Le Président Etienne Tshisekedi s’adresse à son peuple, 31/12/2011-According to democratieChretienne on Youtube.

Ottawa man freed from Congo jail

Ottawa man jailed in Congo4:35 Ottawa man arrested in Congo1:57 The family of Fabien Shambuyi Kalala says he has been freed.(Canadian Press)A …