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Archive for Category: "Congo, Democratic Republic of the"
Congo, Angola agree to suspend deportations
Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola agreed on Tuesday to suspend a wave of deportations that has seen tens of thousands of foreign nationals expelled from the two countries in recent months, Congo’s information minister said.
La RDC expulse ses Angolais, réguliers ou pas
Kinshasa avait brandi la menace de représailles contre les expulsions massives et répétées de ressortissants congolais d’Angola. Depuis environ une semaine, la République démocratique du Congo a mis à exécution sa menace et, ces derniers jours, l’opération est passée à la vitesse supérieure.
Congo transfers suspect to Rwanda genocide court
Democratic Republic of Congo transferred to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Sunday a man accused of the massacre of at least 2,000 Rwandan Tutsis during the 1994 genocide. Gregoire Ndahimana will go on trial at the ICTR, a tribunal set up in Tanzania to tackle the most serious crimes committed during the [...]
RD Congo: deux norvégiens condamnés à mort
Tjostolv Moland, 28 ans, et Joshua French, 27 ans, accusés d’avoir assassiné leur chauffeur congolais, ont été condamnés à mort ce mardi. Le verdict a été prononcé par le tribunal militaire de Kisangani dans le Nord-est du pays.
Congo: two norvegian men sentenced to death
Two Norwegian men have been sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo after being convicted of murder. Joshua French, 27, and Tjostolv Moland, 28, were also accused of arms smuggling and espionage. They denied all charges.
Congo prosecutor wants death penalty for Norwegians
A military prosecutor in Congo asked a court on Friday to sentence to death two Norwegians accused of killing their driver in the lawless east of the country in May this year.
RDC: Des étudiants en colère contre les années blanches
Mauvaise nouvelle pour les étudiants de la faculté de médecine et la faculté polytechnique de l’Université de Kinshasa. Le gouvernement vient de décider d’invalider plusieurs années académiques, des années blanches, pour remettre un peu d’ordre dans des cursus anarchiques.
RDC: un journaliste assassiné
Un journaliste d’une radio privée congolaise a été mortellement blessé à coups de couteau par des inconnus dans la nuit de samedi à dimanche à Bukavu, dans l’est de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC), a-t-on appris auprès de la direction de la radio.
Congo journalist dies in knife attack
A journalist for a private radio station in Congo was stabbed to death in the eastern town of Bukavu, his employer, Radio Star, said Sunday. Bruno Koko Chirambiza, 24, died at a Bukavu hospital after receiving “two stabs with a knife when he was attacked by an unidentified group as he returned home from a [...]
ICC orders conditional release of Congo’s Bemba
The International Criminal Court on Friday ordered the conditional release of Congolese rebel warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba pending trial on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Clinton appeal on Congo conflict
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged students in the Democratic Republic of Congo to speak out against the country’s deadly civil conflict. On the latest leg of her seven-nation African tour, she said students could write a new chapter in history. Violence flared in the country’s mineral-rich east last year, raising fears of [...]
Kinshasa et Kigali font la paix
Le président rwandais Paul Kagame et son homologue de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) Joseph Kabila se sont félicités jeudi de la reprise de leurs relations diplomatiques, rompues en 1998, à l’issue de leur première rencontre à Goma (est de la RDC). La rencontre entre les présidents de ces deux Etats voisins d’Afrique centrale [...]
Mineral firms ‘fuel Congo unrest’
Western mineral firms are fuelling violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo by failing to check where their raw materials come from, activists say. Global Witness says companies sourcing minerals used in electronic gadgets are buying them from traders who finance rebel and government troops.
“Les soldats violent, les commandants ferment les yeux”, le rapport de HRW accuse
Dans son rapport publié jeudi, l’ONG Human Rights Watch dénonce l’impunité dans laquelle agissent les troupes congolaises des FARDC, accusées de crimes sexuels “endémiques” dans le pays. La hiérarchie militaire dément ces allégations.
Swiss court releases Mobutu money
A Swiss court has ruled that the assets of Mobutu Sese Seko, former leader of Zaire, now the DR Congo, who died in 1997, be returned to his family. The court rejected an appeal to extend a freeze on assets worth more than $6m that are held in Swiss bank accounts. Switzerland had repeatedly blocked [...]
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