The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the country’s premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), said in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos that cinema lovers would enjoy discounted […]
Congolese Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Denis Mukwege is calling on the European Union to implement a system that would allow people to raise the alarm “to prevent atrocities.” Mukwege spoke to EU lawmakers on Monday via video-link. “We need to create a system which allows people to raise the alarm. These individuals who are […]
A series of terrifying death threats — which began back in July, is being aimed at Congolese Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Denis Mukwege after he condemned the massacre of 18 people in South Kivu, the conflict-ridden province in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The United Nations is vehemently raising the […]
An armed group in the Democratic Republic of Congo has declared a unilateral ceasefire. The Co-operative for the Development of Congo, or CODECO, has been condemned by the UN for massacres akin to crimes against humanity. The group, made up of Lendu people, has historically clashed with Hema people, in a conflict that has killed […]
DRC opposition leaders, Martin Fayulu and Adolphe Muzito returned to Kinshasa Saturday after several months of absence. They’ve both been abroad due to the suspension of international flights following the coronavirus pandemic. The two leaders, members of the Lamuka coalition landed at N’djili airport shortly before 1pm local time. The two politicians took a few […]
Ebola outbreak in the western section of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is of grave difficulty as instances attain one hundred in much less than a hundred days, the regional director of the World Health Organization (WHO) for Africa said on Friday. In a statement, the UN health enterprise said, the outbreak has in […]
Zambian troops occupying two villages in the southeast Democratic Republic of Congo have withdrawn after regional mediation led to a step forward in a long-running border dispute, the Congolese authorities has announced. Fighting broke out in mid-March between the Zambian and Congolese armies when the Zambian troopers took manipulate of the villages at Muliro-Kibambe in […]
Supporters of Vital Kamerhe gathered in Kinsasha on Friday only to discover the appeal hearing of the former chief of staff to Democratic Republic of Congo President Félix Tshisekedi had been postponed again. It has now been pushed back a further two weeks to August 21st. Mr Kamerhe was found guility in June of embezzlement, […]
2 Decades Behind Bars Fifteen militiamen have been sentenced to twenty years in prison, introduced the Congolese army court stated Wednesday, for their participation in a political uprising in Ituri in the northeastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2019. One militiaman was once acquitted for lack of evidence, army prosecutor Major Vicky […]
The Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo’s northwest is growing, according to health officials, sounding the alarm weeks after the country officially declared an end to a separate Ebola epidemic which claimed over 2,000 lives. There have been 54 confirmed cases since June 1 in Mbandaka, a transport hub in Equateur province, including 22 deaths, […]
Thousands of protesters gather in the DR Congo capital Kinshasa, four days after five people were killed in banned demonstrations over the choice of a new election chief. Protesters gathered in Boulevard Lumumba, one of the city’s main avenues, marching around a vehicle carrying former warlord and opposition chief Jean-Pierre Bemba. The police broke up […]
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Justice Minister Celestin Tunda resigned his position on Saturday following a dispute with the president over proposed laws that would give politicians more control over criminal prosecutions. In a televised statement, Tunda did not give a reason for his resignation. He had been briefly arrested late last month after their […]
Kaizer Chiefs have paid tribute to one of their former striker who sadly passed away. Democratic Republic of Congo striker Emeka Mamale passed away this week at the age of 42 of an undisclosed illness. Mamale plied his trade for Free State Stars (then known as QwaQwa Stars and Kaizer Chiefs among other clubs during […]
Democratic Republic of Congo police fired tear gas and water cannon on Wednesday to repel hundreds of protesters whose rally against a proposed new law threatened to spill into the parliament compound in the capital Kinshasa. Opponents say the reform, which would place prosecutors under the government’s authority rather than the courts, undermines the independence […]
Congolese Health Minister Eteni Longondo on Thursday officially proclaimed the end of the Ebola epidemic in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the second most serious since the discovery of the virus in 1976. Declared on 1 August 2018, this tenth epidemic of haemorrhagic fever on Congolese soil has killed 2,277 people, said the Minister of […]
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s embattled chief of staff, Vital Kamerhe, was jailed 20 years with hard labour on charges of corruption. State prosecution having accused Kamerhe of embezzling state funds through the award of contracts by mutual agreement to fictitious companies; had demanded 20 year jail term during the last hearing.He was jailed along […]
The Democratic Republic of Congo has begun administering Ebola vaccinations in an effort to curb the spread of the virus which resurfaced in the country recently. With the help of various partners, vaccination begun over the weekend in the north-east of the country, a region considered the epicentre of the epidemic. According to the Congolese […]
The Belgian city of Antwerp on Tuesday (June 9) confirmed removing a statue of colonial-era leader, King Leopold II. The move comes days after it was defaced by anti-racism protesters. Leopold is the subject of stern criticism over the role his troops played in decimating Congo in the late 1800s. Reuters reports that two online […]
At least 16 people, including women and children, were killed by militiamen late Wednesday in an attack in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to local media. The raid by members of the armed political-religious sect the Cooperative for the Development of Congo (CODECO) took place in Moussa village in Ituri province. According to the […]