Stampede kills 37 during army recruitment in Congo capital
BRAZZAVILLE, Nov 21, 2023 (AFP) - Thirty-seven youths were killed in a stampede overnight during an army recruitment drive in…
3 years ago
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Danish oil tanker crew kidnapped off W.Africa rescued
COPENHAGEN, May 8, 2023 (AFP) - Six crew members kidnapped by pirates last month from a Danish oil tanker off…
3 years ago
Italian envoy killed in DR Congo; attack blamed on Rwandan Hutu rebels
by Marthe BOSUANDOLE and Bienvenu-Marie BAKUMANYA GOMA, DR Congo (AFP) -- Italy's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo was…
5 years ago
DFA repatriates over 800 OFWs from UK, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Australia
(Eagle News)--The Department of Foreign Affairs has recently repatriated over 800 Overseas Filipino Workers. In a statement, the DFA said…
6 years ago
DR Congo: Ebola claims over 1,000 lives, Guterres commits ‘whole’ UN system, to help ‘end the outbreak’
Now in its tenth month, the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has claimed more than…
7 years ago
Fish shortage sparks conflict on Africa’s Great Lakes
RWENSHAMA, Uganda ( AFP)- Ugandan navy speedboats sliced through murky Lake Edward towards a fleet of wooden canoes carrying illegal fishermen from the Democratic…
8 years ago
Dozens killed in troubled eastern DR Congo province
BUNIA, DR Congo (AFP) - Dozens of people were killed overnight in fresh clashes in DR Congo's volatile northeastern Ituri province, sharpening an ethnic…
8 years ago
At least 15 peacekeepers killed in Congo; dubbed worst attack on UN in recent history
by Albert Kambale with Philippe Rater at the United Nations Agence France Presse The United Nations suffered its worst…
9 years ago
Up to 250 feared dead in DRCongo mudslide
by Marthe Bosuandole Agence France-Presse BUNIA, DR Congo - As many as 250 people are feared dead after a massive mudslide swept over…
9 years ago
Ebola outbreak in remote part of DR Congo
KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP ) - The first Ebola outbreak since the crisis in West Africa that killed 11,300 people…
9 years ago
Congo at crossroads as opposition chief Tshisekedi dies
by Bienvenu-Marie BAKUMANYA Agence France-Presse KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) - Volatile Congo faced uncertainty Thursday after the death of Etienne…
9 years ago
UN warns ‘large-scale crisis’ possible in DR Congo
KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) - by Bienvenu-Marie BAKUMANYA The UN rights chief on Thursday said DR Congo had used "excessive force"…
10 years ago
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