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…
Breaking: Nobel laureate Mukwege calls on EU to…
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…
DRC: UN Calls to Investigate Death Threats Targeting…
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…
DRC: CODECO agrees to ceasefire
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…
DRC: Opposition leader Fayulu is back to push…
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,…
NEWS: DR Congo’s Ebola ‘evolving in a concerned…
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…
DRC announces withdrawal of Zambian troops from their…
Zambian troops occupying two villages in the southeast Democratic Republic of Congo have withdrawn after regional mediation led to a step forward in a long-running border dispute, the Congolese authorities has announced.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…
Breaking: Vital Kamerhe appeal hearing against corruption charges…
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…
Breaking: 20 Years in Prison for 13 Military…
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…
NEWS: Ebola cases rise in new DR Congo…
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.…
Thousands of people in DR Congo capital defy…
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…
Breaking: DR Congo justice minister resigns
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…
Kaizer Chiefs Pay Tribute To Late Midfielder
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.…
NEWS: DR Congo police clash protesters around parliament
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…
DR Congo declares end to Ebola in the…
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…
DR Congo president’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20…
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…
DR Congo starts Ebola vaccinations after new outbreak
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…
Belgian city removes statue of Leopold II, plunderer…
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…
Rebels kill at least 16 civilians in DR…
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…
