Pool, Congo News

The United Nations is rushing food to thousands of displaced Congolese in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo , where tribal clashes have driven 130,000 people from their homes.

Former Congolese rebel chief and leader of the Conseil national des rpublicains , Frdric Bintsamou - also known as Pasteur Ntoumi - has finally taken up a government post aimed at restoring stability in the southern Pool region over two years after his appointment.

The Republic of Congo has received a donation of 3.5 billion FCFA from China to finance the central African country's health facilities.

Brazzaville - The head of Congo's main rebel group called for an amnesty for his fellow fighters on Monday and accepted a government job he was offered more than two years ago as part of a peace deal.

Malawi used to experience the rainy season from Octobe r, and throughout the festive season one would appreciate the green vegetation a c ross the country that continuously added beauty to the small African country of 1 3 million people.

Interclub basketball club of Congo Brazzaville Tuesday beat Cooperative Bank basketball club of Kenya to the seventh position of the final round of the 2009 edition of FIBA Africa Champions Club for Men.

A pioneering project to reintroduce traumatised gorillas to their natural habitat is bringing extraordinary success.

The title of Reggie Wilson and Andreya Ouamba's new work, "The Good Dance - dakar/brooklyn," does not go nearly far enough in praising this marvelous collaboration, which had its New York premiere on Wednesday night at the Brooklyn Academy of Music .

BRAZZAVILLE, 18 December 2009 - The Republic of Congo's civil war may have ended in 2003, but violence against women continues, according to civil society activists and aid workers.

As the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen approaches its conclusion, negotiations are focusing on the role of forests in mitigating climate change.

The Congolese army has recaptured the town of Dongo, in the northwestern province of the equator, official sources from the government of Kinshasa claim.

Warriorsa basketball club of Uganda on match Day-3 failed to prove that it is truly a warrior when it loses it second group-B game to Interclub basketball club of Congo Brazzaville by 95-54 points.

Conditions in the Republic of Congo's prisons are "as dreadful as they could be", according to a report published by a coalition of rights groups.

Aid agencies have been unable to fully meet the needs of tens of thousands of people who have fled inter-communal clashes over natural resources in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the UN Refugee Agency .

Photographer Daniele Tamagni's new book Gentlemen of Bacongo captures the fascinating subculture of the Congo in which men dress in designer and handmade suits and other luxury items.

Italian photographer Daniele Tamagni concentrates on African and Caribbean culture, whether that's in Milan, Peckham, or in this great series on the "sapeurs" of Congo-Brazzaville: The "Sape" began when Congo was a French colony.

Sape is French slang for 'dressing with class', and here, Willy Covary, one of Brazzaville's best-known and most respected sapeurs, struts in flamingo pink down a Bacongo street Photograph: Daniele Tamagni Hide A small suburb of Brazzaville in Congo has become an unlikely style capital, thanks to its dedicated followers of foppish fashion.

Kinshasa - More than 92 000 people have fled sectarian violence that erupted in October in the north-west of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said on Tuesday.

It was Sunday night, and this must be Kinhsasa. Au revoir, Air France. Bon soir Democratic Republic of the Congo, the heart of Central Africa, the site of the Rumble in The Jungle so many decades ago - "ALI BUMAYE" the crowds roared, "Ali, kill him." And he did, disposing George Foreman in the eighth round of the classic battle royal on October 30, ...

By Fiona Forde Madiba and his daughters have come out in full support of the Nelson Mandela Foundation as the furore over the disputed book of the president of Congo-Brazzaville rears its head again.