Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo News

Kinshasa, Congo - A police official says four people died when a jail cell wall fell on them during an attempted prison escape in Congo's capital.

At least 73 people died when two linked barges sank in a lake in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the International Committee of the Red Cross says.

By Thomas Hubert Kinshasa - A military court in Congo sentenced two Norwegians to death on Tuesday and ordered them and their government to pay over $60-million in damages after the pair were convicted of murder and espionage.

Kinshasa - Communal violence has claimed at least 100 lives and displaced 53 000 people since the end of October in the Democratic Republic of Congo's north-west Orientale province, the United Nations said on Monday.

Two relatively unknown politicians have been appointed to top spots in the E.U. The jury will be out for a while on the level of effect they will have.

The expert panel reports that killer militias in Eastern Congo have been receiving military orders from leaders based in Germany and France and getting finance from two Spanish-based charities linked to the Roman Catholic church in clear breach of the UN sanctions regime.

The trial against two former Congolese rebel leaders for crimes allegedly committed by their militias in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2003 is set to begin tomorrow in The Hague at the International Criminal Court.

It is Wednesday, September 8, 2009, around 9.30 am when suddenly, my phone rings.

The International Criminal Court's joint trial of two Congolese rebel leaders offers victims the chance to see accountability for atrocities committed in Congo's armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said today.

The UN's Eminent Group of Expert report on rebel militias in the DRC is expected to reveal Spanish and French connections to the FDLR militia, The New Times has been informed.

Dinesh Mahtani, the coordinator of the UN Eminent Group of Experts report on militia groups' activities in DRC has told the BBC that almost 40 tonnes of gold is smuggled out of the country annually.

Renewed clashes in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo have led to a further wave of refugees, leaving corpse-littered villages in the affected area deserted, say humanitarian officials.

Rep. Jim McDermott , flanked by leaders from World Vision, the Enough Project, Global Witness, and the Information Technology Industry Council, unveiled legislation he will introduce in the U.S. House of Representatives today to help stop trade in conflict minerals that is sustaining a brutal war of unfathomable atrocities, especially against ...

Radio Okapi said the plane was flying from Kinshasa to Goma on Thursday and passengers had warned the crew that there were heavy clouds.

Kinshasa's population needs an estimated 700,000 cubic metres of water per day. The Regie de distribution des eaux produces only 425,000 cubic metres - vast neighbourhoods like Kitokimosi and Mpasa receive almost none of this water.

A Democratic Republic of Congo cabinet minister has hailed United States financial support for Kinshasa's efforts to end sexual violence against women.

Activists in the southern province of Katanga in the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, have urged the authorities to try to return shegues, or street children, currently in care to their parents.

The United Nations is quietly preparing an exit strategy for its troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the biggest U.N. peacekeeping mission in the world, diplomats and officials said.

The top priority for the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the protection of civilians from abuse, be it from the Government forces that it is mandated to support or armed rebel groups, a senior official said today.

TradeInvest Africa Congo-Kinshasa : DRC - The New Platform for Growth in Africa Nelly Nyagah 11 November 2009 analysis The DRC with an estimated population of 65 million has the second largest land area in Sub-Saharan Africa.