United Nations peacekeepers from Pakistan arranged armed escorts and provided food for illegal gold smugglers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), but did not themselves trade weapons for gold, according to a United Nations report seen by Reuters on Friday.
A train crash in a remote part of Democratic Republic of Congo killed at least 100 people and injured more than 200, the Central African country’s minister of information said on Thursday. Injured survivors initially walked or were transported by bicycle from the scene of the wreck 12km to the nearest hospital.
Long after the end of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) civil war, child soldier Pierre was told he was finally going home. The commanders in the renegade army brigade that forced him to fight said he would be free after a deal meant to bring peace to the violence-torn eastern province of North Kivu.
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) militia are threatening to slaughter rare mountain gorillas in DRC’s Virunga National Park after they raided the eastern reserve at the weekend, killing a wildlife officer, officials said. Up to three more local wildlife workers were injured in the attacks early on Sunday by Mai Mai militia fighters.
Just a few months ago, flatbed trucks, pickups and even a creaking bicycle streamed up to a concrete-block hut, bringing bags of copper and cobalt ore from the mines of southern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The shelter is a buying depot for JMT Mining SPRL, one of dozens of informal collection points for ore exported for processing to feed China’s demand for industrial commodities.
Opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba left the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Wednesday, ending three weeks holed up in South Africa’s embassy after his forces were routed in two days of fighting that killed 600 last month. A Reuters witness said Bemba boarded a private jet bound for Portugal, where he is due to have medical treatment.
Portugal is waiting for formal Congolese government approval to receive ex-warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba, accused of treason after his militia fought government forces last month, the Portuguese ambassador said on Sunday. Bemba had been expected to leave for Lisbon this weekend.
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ex-warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba, accused of treason after his militia fought government forces, is expected to travel to Portugal this weekend but has no deal for exile there, the Portuguese ambassador said on Friday.
More than 100 people were killed in two days of heavy fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) capital Kinshasa, hospital officials said on Sunday, as diplomats expressed fears for the country’s fledgling democracy. Government forces restored order to Kinshasa late on Friday after routing fighters loyal to defeated presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba.
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s army restored order to the capital Kinshasa on Friday after two days of heavy fighting with troops loyal to former rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba, who the government accused of treason. Sporadic shooting continued after dark in the downtown area around United Nations headquarters, where about 900 civilians were earlier evacuated.