The United States is deploying CV-22 Osprey aircraft and more military personnel to Uganda to help track down Joseph Kony, the leader of the notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) doing evil in several Central African nations, the State Department said on Monday....
The death toll in the weekend boat accident in western Uganda has risen to 108 from 19 that were reported on Saturday. Most of the passengers on the boat were Democratic Republic of Congo refugees returning home. The total number of the people who were on the boat is not yet known. Fourty five people survived the accident....
[ANGOP]The joint meeting between the Foreign Minister of Angola, Georges Rebelo Chikoti and his counterpart of Congo Brazzaville, Basile Ikouebe, on border issues that took place in the Angolan northern Cabinda province on 14-15 March, ended with the adoption of the experts' report and signing of a memorandum of understanding....
[Daily Trust]I wish to draw your attention to a story carried on page 16 of the Monday, March 10, 2014 edition of the Daily Trust with the headline: 'FG invites UN over North East Insurgency'....
DR Congo duo AS Vita Club and TP Mazembe have sealed their places at the 1/8th round of the 2014 Orange CAF Champions League. The two sides, all formers winners of the premier continental club championship, went through on a weekend that saw holders Al-Ahly of Egypt squeezed past Tanzanian champions Young Africans to remain on course for an unprecedented ninth title....
[ANGOP]The 2-0 victory last Saturday over AC Leopards of Congo Brazzaville, in Luanda's 11 de Novembro Stadium, for the second leg of the sixteenth final, was not enough for 1º de Agosto to continue in the African Champions League competition, due to the fact that the Angola squad lost 1-4, in the first-leg encounter, in Dolisie....
Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) rendered its judgment in the case The Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga . The Chamber was satisfied beyond reasonable doubt of Germain Katanga’s guilt as an accessory to one crime against humanity (murder) and four war crimes (murder, attacking a civilian population, destruction of property and pillaging) committed on 24 February 2003 during...
[The Herald]Congo Brazzaville's President Denis Sassou Nguesso will officially open the 55th edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair in Bulawayo next month....
[ANGOP]Experts from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Republics of Angola and Congo Brazzaville are gathered since Thursday in the city of Pointe-Noire (Congo Brazzaville), to analyse the incident that occurred on 11 October 2013 in the border locality of Pangui and Mincoje (Angola)....
[ANGOP]Angolan and neighbouring Congo Brazzaville authorities are since Thursday analysing the incident of 11 October 2013 in the border locality of Pangui, in Miconje (Angola), involving a dispute over the line separating both countries in the region....
[CIO]Mahindra Comviva's mobile data platform (MDP)has gone live with MTN in Congo Brazaville that will enable the operator offer an unrivaled number of personalized data plans to its subscribers in Congo B....
[VOA]Bangui, Car -The African Union has confirmed the arrest in the Republic of Congo of a leader of the Central African Republic's anti-Balaka armed movement....
DR Congo’s President Joseph Kabila took the chairmanship of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) on Wednesday at the opening of the 17th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the organization in Kinshasa. “After 20 years of growth characterized by an exemplary dynamism, COMESA has become a powerful tool for promoting the development of its member states as well...
[GroundUp]A 47 year old Congo-Brazzaville man has been told to leave South Africa though there is a search warrant (avis de recherche) out for him in his own country....
[ICRC]In this video Safina Bavuga, a displaced Congolese man living in Kenya, describes the humanitarian assistance he has received since arriving in Kakuma camp. He proposes some improvements that could be made and sets out some long-term solutions to improve his future livelihood, and the livelihoods of other people living in the camp....
[Premium Times]The Borno Government on Wednesday said that last Saturday's attack by Boko Haram insurgents in Izge, Gwoza Local Government Area, was not targeted at any religious group....
[ANGOP]Luanda -A message of the Angolan Head of State and acting President of the International Conference on Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), José Eduardo dos Santos, was handed over on Friday to his counterpart of the Republic of Congo, Senis Sassou Nguesso....
Uganda's SC Victoria University have bowed out of the 2014 CAF Confederations Cup after failing to see off CS Don Bosco from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the preliminary round. After winning the first leg 3-0 in Lubumbashi last weekend, the Congolese side lost 1-0 on Sunday evening at the Mandela National Stadium, on the outskirts of the Ugandan capital Kampala to qualify 3-1 on aggregate....
Ghana edged DR Congo 1-0 in a tightly contested quarter final match of the 3rd Orange African Nations Championship played on Sunday 26th January night at Free State Stadium in Mangaung. A successful penalty kick from Kwabena Adusei was all the Black Stars needed to knock out a stoic DR Congo....
[Africa Top Sports]After the groups A (Mali and Nigeria) and B (Morocco and Zimbabwe) it now the turn of group C of the African Nations Championship 2014 to show us Tuesday those who will be in the quarterfinals. The two tickets for the next round will be played especially between Ghana, Congo and Libya. Ethiopia is already eliminated....