Kinshasa News

(AP) Congo's presidential election was so fraud-riddled nobody knows for sure who won. Two months later, the international community that helped pay for the vote now seems content to simply keep the incumbent in power.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:48:12 -0800

[Nation] Kinshasa - Tension remains high in the Democratic Republic of Congo's city of Goma after rumours of an attempted revolt went public.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:06:05 -0800

The result of a worldwide annual contest on press photography, the World Press Photo Exhibition always inspires awe. This year’s winners, as Su Aziz discovers, are spellbinding in their stark honesty as well
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:27:06 -0800

[UNHCR] UNHCR is alarmed by recent reports that internally displaced people have been tortured and killed by armed elements in the IDP camps of North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:21:05 -0800

The belief that the end is nigh for Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) - a small but ruthless transnational armed group operating in four African states - underestimates its resilience and overestimates the unity and capability of the forces ranged against it, say analysts.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:28:20 -0800

"I'm not concerned about the very poor," is sure to dog Romney throughout the campaign. But as he continues to explain what he meant, I hope he takes the opportunity to think about the "very poor." And I hope he is concerned. We all should be.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:20:30 -0800

[UN News] The United Nations refugee agency said today it is alarmed by recent reports that displaced people have been tortured and killed in their camps by armed elements in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:08:04 -0800

The road to the truth about what is happening in the remote region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) known as Walikale depends now upon a Mwami , a motorbike, and a very determined man named Paluku Mbusa Omer. For the past two months we have been telling readers about atrocities committed by the FDLR (remnants of the Rwanda genocidaires) including assassinations , rapes, burnings of ...
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:37:11 -0800

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Providing assistance to Democratic Republic of the Congo will help foster a respect for human rights though lingering concerns remain, a U.S. official said.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:08:28 -0800

[IRIN] Johannesburg - The belief that the end is nigh for Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) - a small but ruthless transnational armed group operating in four African states - underestimates its resilience and overestimates the unity and capability of the forces ranged against it, say analysts.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:37:24 -0800

[UN News] With the provisional results of national legislative elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) having now been announced, the United Nations today encouraged all actors to use legal channels for resolving any disputes and refrain from the use of force or violence.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:37:24 -0800

ROME, FEB. 2, 2012 ( Zenit.org ).- The Vatican today announced several bishops' appointments. Bishop Paul Lortie, auxiliary of Quebec, Canada, was named bishop of Mont-Laurier. That diocese has a population of some 95,000 with about 77,000 Catholics.
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:32:14 -0800

[U.S. Congress] Washington, DC - Violence, potential humanitarian crisis and the post-2011 election aftermath in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were the topics at a congressional hearing Thursday held before the House panel that oversees international human rights and African issues that is chaired by Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04).
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:22:24 -0800

The Democratic Republic of Congo held parliamentary elections in November, with results finally reported two months after polls were held. The AP reported on Thursday that President Joseph Kabila's party still held a majority in parliament, but with an overall diminished number of seats.
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:53:00 -0800

DR Congo President Joseph Kabila’s party and its allies have won a parliamentary majority in November elections, results showed yesterday, some two months after polls slammed by the opposition and observers.
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:41:56 -0800