Pope offers a solution to end DRC conflict
PHILIP PULLELLA and ESTELLE SHIRBON POPE Francis heard harrowing accounts from victims of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo,
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Pope’s Africa Visit: Police demolish trader stalls
BEFORE dawn, sanitary police armed with crowbars and a bulldozer set about demolishing makeshift trader stalls crowding downtown streets in
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Death toll after Congo capital floods rises to 169, U.N. says
THE death toll after heavy flooding in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa this week has risen to 169,
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Congolese take a united stand against violence
JUSTIN MAKANGARA and SONIA ROLLEY TENS of thousands of Christians took to the streets across the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Anti-Rwanda protests break out in east DRC
THOUSANDS joined anti-Rwanda protests in the east Congolese city of Goma on Monday, denouncing Rwanda’s alleged support of M23 rebels
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Overcrowded stadium crush kills 11 people in DRC capital
ELEVEN people, including two police officers, were killed in a crush at an overcrowded stadium concert in Kinshasa headlined by
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Former NBA player picked as new Senegal coach, state-of-the-art stadium for Kinshasa
FORMER NBA player Desagana Diop has been picked as the new Senegal coach, according to a leading sports platform, while the Democratic Republic of Congo has signed a contract for a new, 20,000-seater “Kinshasa Arena” basketball stadium as interest in African basketball continues to grow, writes former Kenyan basketball captain Silalei Shani, in this week’s African basketball review.
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Congo bids painful farewell to victims of snapped power cable
THE velodrome in Kinshasa’s Kintambo neighbourhood rang out with howls of disbelief, as thousands gathered to say farewell to the
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DRCC’s self-taught guitarmaker caters to the stars
JUSTIN MAKANGARA and HEREWARD HOLLAND IN a tin shed in the backstreets of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, a
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DRC port workers clash with police
HUNDREDS of workers from Democratic Republic of Congo’s state-owned ports company stormed its headquarters on Friday, breaking windows, burning furniture
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