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Congo's 83-year-old prime minister says he is resigning for health reasons. Antoine Gizenga said in a statement broadcast on state television Thursday that even if the spirit is still sane and alert, the body ...

Despite new peace agreements, continued conflict among and between armed militias and government forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the last year has seen thousands of new internally displaced ...

Fighting continues to rage in the North Kivu province of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo between Government forces and rebels, the United Nations peacekeeping mission to the country reported today as ...

Hundreds of Congolese civilians, enraged by violent incursions by Lord's Resistance Army Ugandan rebels, attacked United Nations posts in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo yesterday, wounding two UN ...

The International Criminal Court has ruled that there is sufficient evidence to pursue criminal cases against two former Congolese rebel leaders for crimes allegedly committed by their militias in eastern ...

Congolese president Joseph Kabila and Special Representative of the UN for Congo, Alan Doss, have decided not to participate in the 63rd General Assembly of the United Nations that is taking place at the UN ...

Democratic Republic of Congo's Prime Minister, Antoine Gizenga, has announced he is resigning because of his age.

Jeff Probst, host of SURVIVOR: GABON - EARTH'S LAST EDEN, is pictured on the new tribal council set for the seventeenth installment of the Emmy Award-winning reality series, which premieres Thursday, ... Now ...

The government of the Republic of Congo has ordered the demolition of all unauthorised makeshift petrol stations located in residential areas in a move to prevent risks posed by the unsafe storage of fuel.

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reports that "a precarious calm" has returned to North Kivu, especially the town of Sake, the scene of recent fighting between ...

Tuesday, 23 September 2008, 10:43 am Press Release: United Nations Heavy fighting has continued over the past few days in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo , despite repeated calls for an ...

How soon should agriculture resume after a disaster? In places like Katanga and North Kivu provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the question poses a real challenge to governments, aid agencies and ...

The United Nations peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has called for an immediate ceasefire between the Government and rebels, as new clashes broke out today in North Kivu, leading to ...

If you're out of town for the Jewish high holidays of Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah, and you're looking for a place to observe and worship, the Chabad-Lubavitch organization says it is sponsoring services in ...

Some 80 refugees who fled a brutal civil conflict in the Congo will be resettled in Ireland next year, it was confirmed today.

Friday, 19 September 2008, 2:38 pm Press Release: United Nations The United Nations Children's Fund is scaling up existing emergency programmes in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo , where increased ...

The four trucks carried 80,000 pounds of supplies, said team spokeswoman Tracey Hughes.

Intense fighting broke out yesterday between the army and rebels loyal to the former general Laurent Nkunda in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo , with the army using rocket launchers and other heavy ...

Russia's largest diamond producer Alrosa said on Friday it will prospect for diamonds in southern sectors of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The top United Nations envoy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has joined a group of international officials in calling for stepped-up efforts to restore peace to the country's volatile eastern region, ...