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Congo military court sentences ex-president Kabila to death in absentia

Congo Court Condemns Ex-President Kabila To Death In Absentia

September 30, 2025 1:07 pm

A military tribunal in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday handed a death sentence in absentia to former President Joseph Kabila, finding him guilty of a series of grave offences, including war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Presiding officer Lieutenant-General Joseph Mutombo Katalayi detailed the convictions, which spanned treason, murder, sexual assault, torture, insurrection, and other acts of violence allegedly committed during Kabila’s nearly two-decade rule. The ruling marks a dramatic turn for a leader who once wielded near-absolute power over Africa’s second-largest country.

Kabila, who reluctantly stepped down amid mass protests in late 2023, has been living mostly …

NYLH: An Invitation To Africans For Global Excellence

NYLH: An Invitation To Africans For Global Excellence

October 9, 2023 2:56 am

Africa – an expansive land that stretches from the pyramids of Giza in the north to the sprawling Cape of Good Hope in the south; from the undulating dunes of the Sahara to the dense rainforests of the Congo. A land resplendent with traditions, languages, cultures, and histories that span millennia. Above all, it is a land that embodies human tenacity, creativity, and an enduring spirit that refuses to be quenched.

Yet, in this vast expanse of promise and potential, there’s an evident dichotomy. While Africa is rich in resources, traditions, and youthful vigour, a shadow often looms large over …

Congo Cobalt Mining

Congo Cobalt Mining: AU Must Stop The Use Of Child Labour

November 21, 2022 4:41 am

It is rather painful and sad that while kids are learning and playing with their gadgets in Europe and America, some African kid is somewhere undergoing a very painful experience just to provide the raw material used for the manufacture of those devices. The world barely notices it because it is happening somewhere in Africa where ‘anything goes’, conveniently forgetting that before the colours, we were all first humans, and humanity must always come first. 

In several parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) which is in Central Africa, the issue of slavery and child Labour in the mining …

Confusion As UN Peacekeepers Open Fire In DR Congo

Confusion As UN Peacekeepers Open Fire In DR Congo

August 1, 2022 5:23 am

A yet-to-be-identified number of people have been killed and several others were injured after United Nations peacekeepers opened fire at a border post in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN has revealed.

A video of the incident which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York shared on social media, showed men – at least one in police uniform and another in army uniform – advancing towards the immobilised UN convoy behind a closed barrier in Kasindi.

The town is in eastern DRC’s Beni territory on the border with Uganda.

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Nine Killed As Rebels Attack Eastern DR Congo

Nine Killed As Rebels Attack Eastern DR Congo

July 14, 2022 6:02 am

Fighters from the feared Armed Democratic Forces (ADF) group killed six civilians in an attack on the town of Beni in North Kivu province in DR Congo yesterday night, according to local civil-society leader Pepin Paluku Kavota.

He told reporters on Wednesday the militants targeted a district just a kilometre from army headquarters in the city of 400,000.

The dead included a 15-year-old boy and a 90-year-old woman, said Kavota, who urged security forces “to redouble their efforts”.

The same night, militants also killed at least three people in an attack on a village in the neighbouring Ituri province.

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Suspected Islamic Jihadists Kill 18 In East Congo Attack

Suspected Islamic Jihadists Kill 18 In East Congo Attack

June 7, 2022 6:06 am

Suspected militants killed at least 18 people in a village raid in eastern Congo as fighting resumed with the M23 rebel group in a neighbouring province.

A local chief and a local human rights group said fighters, believed to be from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), killed residents and burned down houses in the Otomabere village in Irumu territory, Ituri province on Sunday night.

Congolese army spokesman, Jules Ngongo, confirmed the ADF attack without giving a death toll and said Congolese forces were in pursuit of the assailants.

The ADF is a Ugandan militia that moved to eastern Congo in …

Rwanda Minister, Biruta Issues Retaliation Warnings To Congo

Rwanda Minister, Biruta Issues Retaliation Warnings To Congo

June 1, 2022 1:24 pm

As a result of the rising spate of attacks between Rwanda and Congo, the Rwandan Foreign Ministry has reiterated its earlier warnings that the nation would fight back if it suffers further attacks from the neighbouring country, the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Foreign Minister, Vincent Biruta, told reporters on Wednesday after accusing Congo of firing shells across the border in May this year.

“If attacks continue, we will not sit idly by, Rwanda will have the right to respond to protect the security of the country, to protect the security of its citizens, and we’ve the means to do that,”

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Gunmen Abduct Five Chinese Mine Workers In DR Congo

Gunmen Abduct Five Chinese Mine Workers In DR Congo

November 22, 2021 1:26 am

Gunmen on Sunday killed a police officer and kidnapped at least five Chinese nationals working at a gold mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s conflict-plagued east, military sources have disclosed.

Regional army spokesman Major Dieudonne Kasereka narrated that ‘at around 2 am, the camp of the Chinese group was attacked by armed bandits‘ in the village of Mukera in Fizi territory of South Kivu province.

‘There were 14 in total, five were taken away by the attackers to an unknown destination,’ he said, adding that the other nine have been evacuated to safety.

Colonel David Epanga, head of …

DR Congo Pupils Protest, Want Schools Re-opened

DR Congo Pupils Protest, Want Schools Re-opened

October 22, 2021 12:55 am

Hundreds of secondary school pupils on Thursday demonstrated outside the Democratic Republic of Congo’s parliament, demanding the resumption of lessons three weeks into a teachers’ strike.

The children chanted statements like, ‘We want to study,’ as they stormed up the steps and into the debating chamber.

Videos shared by journalists on social media showed them being met by the parliament’s deputy speaker.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Congolese schools officially reopened on October 4, but lessons are yet to begin in many institutions as teachers have been striking for higher wages.

Schools minister Tony Mwaba has warned those …

Congo's Volcanic Eruption Leaves 500,000 Without Water

Congo’s Volcanic Eruption Leaves 500,000 Without Water

June 4, 2021 4:49 am

Nearly 500,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been left without clean drinking water after a volcano erupted.

It says because cholera is endemic and poses a great threat there is an urgent need to provide people in the eastern city of Goma with safe drinking water.

A reservoir and pipes were damaged when Mount Nyiragongo erupted on 22 May.

Hundreds of thousands of people are still unable to return to their homes.

Read Also: Congolese Inhabitants Defy Warnings, Return To Volcano City

‘We are assisting the immediate needs of displaced people, but it is not enough,’ said

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81% Of African Countries Received Medical Supplies – WHO

81% Of African Countries Received Medical Supplies – WHO

April 21, 2020 1:31 pm

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says 81 per cent of countries in Africa have received medical supplies to support health workers in the fight against COVID-19.

The first UN Solidarity Flight which is part of a larger effort to ship lifesaving medical supplies to 95 countries departed Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to various countries on April 14.

The UN health agency gave an update on Tuesday on its official twitter account @WHOAFRO.

“The UN ‘Solidarity Flight’ touching down in Brazzaville, Congo this weekend with the support of World Food Programme (WFP), Jack Ma Foundation, …

Buhari

Buhari Sympathises with Kenya, Congo Over Natural Disasters

November 25, 2019 3:29 am

President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the government and people of Kenya and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the deadly flood disasters and devastating mudslides that have ravaged some parts of two countries. .

The federal government expression of solidarity with Kenya and DRC was transmitted via a statement issued yesterday by the media aide to the President, Garba Shehu.

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Buhari said: “The government of Nigeria sympathises with you and the victims of these deadly and devastating flood disasters and mudslides.”

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