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Scores dead after DR Congo shipwreck
At least 50 people have drowned and 35 are missing after a boat accident on a river in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Angola accused of border terror
Angolan security forces are waging a campaign of terror — including sexual abuse — on Congolese migrants who cross the border illegally.
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DRC plane crash looters arrested
Three soldiers and a policeman have been arrested for stealing from the bodies of passengers who died in a plane crash in the DRC this month.
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Dozens killed in DRC plane crash
A plane carrying 112 passengers has crashed on its way from Kinshasa to Kisangani, leaving dozens dead and 53 survivors injured, a DRC airline says.
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UN team finds DRC troops raped 121 women
Government troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo raped at least 121 women over a three-day period, the United Nations said on Friday.
Annan warns on African growth as opportunity knocks
Strong leadership is needed to harness Africa’s economic growth to benefit its people, former UN secretary general Kofi Annan said on Thursday.
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Crashed UN plane’s black box found
Investigators have recovered the flight order of a UN plane that crashed near Kinshasa in the DRC on Monday, leaving 32 people dead.
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One survivor from DRC plane crash
Thirty-two people including UN officials and peacekeepers were killed on Monday when a plane crashed on landing in heavy rain in the DRC capital.
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UN workers killed in DRC plane crash
At least 20 UN workers were killed when their plane crashed on Monday while trying to land in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s capital Kinshasa.
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DRC fines, frees foreigners in gold probe
The Democratic Republic of Congo has freed two Americans, a Frenchman and two Nigerians accused of gold smuggling.
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SA, DRC in talks on reviving hydropower project
SA is talking to the DRC to revive a stalled hydropower project on the Congo River, Energy Minister Dipuo Peters said on Tuesday.
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Gold smuggling a way of life in east DRC
The tip-off led intelligence agents to an US jet loaded with half a tonne of gold, a Houston diamond merchant and a car chase that produced $6,8m.
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Congo colonel gets 20 years after rape trial
A DRC court has sentenced a colonel to 20 years in the highest-profile rape case ever held in the massive state where sexual violence is endemic.
SA farmers seal Congo deal, wary of North Africa
South Africa has concluded a deal to farm 172 000 hectares of land in the Republic of Congo but has stalled similar talks with North African states
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Kidnapped SA worker freed in DRC
A South African working for a British oil company has been released unharmed after he was kidnapped in the volatile eastern DRC.
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Govt trying to verify nationality of kidnapped oil worker
The government is trying to verify whether the person kidnapped while working for a British oil company in the DRC is a South African.
Political intrigue undermines investments in the DRC
Confirmation by DRC President Joseph Kabila has embroiled Khulubuse Zuma in a legal dispute with a leading oil company in Africa.
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Systematic rape continues on DRC border
Systematic sexual violence continues to be carried out against Congolese women and girls caught up in expulsions from Angola to the DRC, the UN said.
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UN council signals new alarm over DRC rapes
The UN Security Council on Monday raised new concerns over rapes and other attacks on women and children in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
An African half-century
Fifty years on, we have yet to discover the extent of colonialism’s legacy on the continent.
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DRC troops blamed for rapes, looting in Sud-Kivu
(DRC government troops have been blamed for abuses, including rapes and looting, in of Sud-Kivu to avenge the death of one of their colleagues.
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More than 30 women raped and beaten in DRC attack
More than 30 women were raped in a coordinated attack in the Democratic Republic of Congo on New Year’s Day.
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Leader named and shamed, but still lording it over DRC
He has been shamed by the UN, accused of murder, rape and abusing child soldiers in the DRC, but nothing it seems can stop Innocent Zimurinda.
Where to, Africa?
Look no further than Nigeria, the DRC, Algeria, Sudan and our own backyard to get a glimpse of what’s to come. <b>Adekeye Adebajo</b> reports
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Rwandan Hutu rebel leaders indicted in Germany
Prosecutors said two senior Rwandan Hutu rebel leaders have been indicted for allegedly masterminding from Germany atrocities in the DRC.
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Aid groups fear Christmas massacre in Central Africa
An alliance of 19 international aid organisations on Tuesday called for more to be done to prevent another Christmas massacre by rebels from the LRA.
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East Rand firms on US critical list
WikiLeaks has released a secret diplomatic United States embassy cable listing two SA companies seen as critical to American interests.
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Crocodile attacks SA kayaker in DRC
Rescuers say an SA man leading two Americans on a whitewater expedition in Central Africa was attacked by a crocodile and pulled from his kayak.
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No peace without justice
As the trial of the Congolese rebel leader gets under way, political analysts will go into overdrive about what the case means for the DRC.
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DRC army commander hit with UN sanctions
An United Nations Security Council committee blacklisted a commander in the army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo for ordering massacres.
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DRC leader goes on trial for troops’ atrocities
Former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba of the DRC goes on trial on Monday for rapes and murders allegedly committed by his troops.
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France probes African leaders’ wealth
Three African leaders and their families are to be investigated in Paris for allegedly embezzling state funds to acquire vast assets in France.
