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South Sudan Not Ready for Elections in December: UN Envoy 

South Sudan Not Ready for Elections in December: UN Envoy 

(3 Minutes Read) The vote, which would be the first since South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011 after a long conflict, is meant...
‘Fight Over Beer’ Disrupts Copper Export From DRC

‘Fight Over Beer’ Disrupts Copper Export From DRC

(3 Minutes read)  Zambia and Congo feud over beer ban disrupts copper exports. Nearly all of Congo’s copper production, which exceeded over 2.8 million tons...
Truce in Eastern Congo Extended for 15 More Days

Truce in Eastern Congo Extended for 15 More Days

(3 Minutes Read) The latest truce in the decades-long conflict that was to end Friday has been extended by 15 days until August 3, the...
Uganda Airlines Spreads to Abuja, Lusaka and Harare

Uganda Airlines Spreads to Abuja, Lusaka and Harare

(3 Minutes Read) Uganda Airlines has expanded its routes to Abuja, Lusaka, and Harare to strengthen its market position. The airline aims to boost income...
DRC Gets Fund Support from IMF

DRC Gets Fund Support from IMF

(3 Minutes Read) While the IMF forecasts a Congolese growth rate of around 3.5%, many Congolese citizens feel disconnected from these positive indicators. They argue...
DRC Accuses M23 and Rwanda Violating Ceasefire Announced by UN

DRC Accuses M23 and Rwanda Violating Ceasefire Announced by UN

(2 Minutes Read) According to some estimates, more than 7 million people are now displaced across the east of the DRC, and over 416 violent...
China confirmed that at least 6 of its citizens have died and several others are missing following an attack by armed militia in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It strongly condemned the attack which took place on Wednesday at a Chinese-linked mining site in the gold-rich northeastern Ituri province.

China Lashes Out at DRC for Planned Blast at Chinese Linked Mine

(3 Minutes Read) China demanded the DRC side to hunt down the perpetrators as quickly as possible and strictly punish them under the law China confirmed...
Boxing Comes to Trouble-Torn Goma Region of DRC to Wean Away Children from Street

Boxing Comes to Trouble-Torn Goma Region of DRC to Wean Away Children from Street

(3 Minutes Read) Internally displaced people from areas of conflict between the DRC's government and M23, a rebel group with alleged links to Rwanda, have...
DRC’s Mining Regulator Opposes Planned Sale of Cobalt Mine to Chinese

DRC’s Mining Regulator Opposes Planned Sale of Cobalt Mine to Chinese

(3 minutes Read) Democratic Republic of Congo's state miner Gecamines, the Congolese mining regulator, has opposed plans to sell a cobalt-mining company in the country...
Putin Hosts Congolese President Sassou Nguesso

Putin Hosts Congolese President Sassou Nguesso

(3 Minutes Read) Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted his Congolese counterpart Denis Sassou Nguesso in the Kremlin on Thursday. Sassou is the latest African leader...

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