[Independent]As government intensifies efforts to free over 200 teenage female students seized on April 15 by the Boko Haram insurgents in Chibok, Borno State, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has reportedly met with people close to the sect in an attempt to broker the release of the schoolgirls....
[VOA]Washington DC -An official of the Democratic Republic of Congo said his government will take legal action against the government of Congo-Brazzaville to protest the treatment of DRC nationals. Information Minister Lambert Mende said the legal action will take place both in the International Criminal Court and Congolese courts.According to the United Nations, more than 130,000 DRC nationals have...
TP Mazembe won their first game at the group phase after beating rivals AS Vita 1-0 in their Group A fixture in Lubumbashi on Sunday, whilst Entente Setif of Algeria and CS Sfaxien shared the spoils in a 1-1 in Setif. Tanzanian midfielder Mbwana Samata saved the blushes of Les Corbeaux with the match winner on the half-hour mark....
Senior United Nations officials today demanded that Republic of the Congo immediately stop expelling citizens from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo, and called for an investigation into allegations of sexual violence and other human rights violations....
[UN News]Senior United Nations officials today demanded that Republic of the Congo immediately stop expelling citizens from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo, and called for an investigation into allegations of sexual violence and other human rights violations....
Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC), ruling in the majority, sentenced Germain Katanga to a total of 12 years' imprisonment. The Chamber also ordered that the time spent in detention at the ICC – between 18 September 2007 and 23 May 2014 – be deducted from his sentence....
[CAF]After triumphing in the Under-20 Africa Youth Championship which they hosted in 2007 in the cities of Brazzaville and Pointe Noire, the young Red Devils of Congo have failed to qualify for subsequent continental championships....
Former champions Zamalek tasted defeat for the first time after AS Vita beat them 2-1 in their Group A clash on Sunday in Kinshasa. It was the first time the five-time winners of the competition had tasted defeat or even conceded in this term’s campaign in the Orange CAF Champions League....
[New Era]Windhoek -At a time when many thought he had little left to offer, Brave Warriors stylish striker-cum-winger Rudolf Bester finally found his dancing shoes again when he came off the bench to score the only goal of the match in Namibia's 1-0 win over Congo-Brazzaville, during their 2015 CAF Nations Cup first leg qualifier at the Sam Nujoma Stadium on Saturday....
[Sierra Leone Government]Sierra Leone's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Dr Samura Kamara officially opened the preparatory meeting of Foreign Ministers and Permanent Representatives of New York and Addis Ababa at the Alima Palace Conference Center, Oyo, Republic of Congo....
TP Mazembe missed their entrance in the group stage of the Orange CAF Champions League on Friday after losing against Al Hilal of Sudan. Al Hilal’s goal was scored by striker Hassan Salah on 55th minute. TP Mazembe will play their second group match on May 25 against AS Vita Club, the other DR Congo club in groupe A, in Lubumbashi....
[Daily Trust]Abuja -President Goodluck Jonathan and his Congolese counterpart, Denis Sassou N'guesso, have demanded the unconditional release of the abducted schoolgirls of Chibok, Borno State....
[This Day]President Goodluck Jonathan and his Republic of Congo counterpart, President Denis Sassou N'guesso, Tuesday charged African leaders, the African Union and its Peace and Security Council to intensify efforts aimed at eradicating terror groups, including Islamist sect, Boko Haram, operating in the continent....
[Premium Times]President Goodluck Jonathan and President Denis Sassou N'guesso of the Republic of Congo on Tuesday called on African leaders, the African Union, and its Peace and Security Council to intensify efforts aimed at the eradication of Boko Haram and other terrorist groups in the continent....
[This Day]Jaiyeola Andrews President Goodluck Jonathan and his Republic of Congo counterpart, Denis Sassou N'guesso, Tuesday charged African leaders, the African Union and its Peace and Security Council to intensify efforts aimed at eradicating terror groups, including Islamist sect, Boko Haram, operating in the continent....
[Namibian]Ricardo Mannetti has called on Brave Warriors supporters to make Sam Nujoma Stadium a hostile arena for Congo Brazzaville on Saturday....
[Premium Times]The African Union's Peace and Security Council will hold a meeting on Wednesday....
[This Day]President Goodluck Jonathan left Abuja Monday afternoon for Oyo in the Republic of Congo to consult with his Congolese counterpart, President Denis Sassou Nguesso, on the current security situation in West and Central Africa ahead of the meeting of the African Union's Peace and Security Council which opens in the Congolese town on Wednesday....
[Vanguard]Abuja -President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan left Abuja Monday afternoon for Oyo in the Republic of Congo to consult with his Congolese counterpart, President Denis Sassou Nguesso on the current security situation in West and Central Africa ahead of the meeting of the African Union's Peace and Security Council which opens in the Congolese town on Wednesday....
At least 15 people died and 30 others were injured in a stampede that occurred during a football match on Sunday at the Tata Raphael stadium in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The death toll was announced on Sunday evening through a statement from the interior ministry read on national television....