DR Congo

TILLERSON confirms that Trump was joking when he called Africa SHITHOLE

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, flanked by his chief of staff Margaret Peterlin (L), meets with Ethiopia Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 8, 2018. Tillerson Reaffirms US Commitment to Africa ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (VOA) — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has re-affirmed the U.S. commitment to Africa, two months after President Donald Trump’s reported derogatory comments about the continent. “I think the United States commitment to Africa is quite clear in terms of the importance we place on the relationship,” said Tillerson at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. “The president himself wrote Read More

UN says thousands flee Congo violence, seek asylum in Uganda

People coming from Congo wash their hands with chlorinated water to prevent the spread of infection, at the Mpondwe border crossing with Congo, in western Uganda Friday, June 14, 2019.Read More

DRC Ebola outbreak still not global emergency, says WHO

WHO says deadly outbreak does not meet the criteria for a public health emergency of international concern. The current outbreak is the second-deadliest in history [Al-hadji Kudra Maliro/AP] By AL Read More

UGANDA: Burial of Ebola victim shows flash of confrontation

Workers wearing protective clothing bury Agnes Mbambu who died of Ebola, the 50-year-old grandmother of the 5-year-old boy who became Ebola’s first cross-border victim, in the village of Karambi, near Read More

DR Congo forces kill 26 rebels in Ebola zone near Beni

By AL JAZEERA, NEWS AGENCIES Congolese forces have killed 26 rebels from a group thought to be linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS),Read More

DR Congo forces kill 26 rebels in Ebola zone near Beni

By AL JAZEERA, NEWS AGENCIES Congolese forces have killed 26 rebels from a group thought to be linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS),Read More

AFRICA: Why would Museveni’s intelligence chief leak secrets to Rwanda?

WHY WOULD MUSEVENI’S INTELLIGENCE CHIEF LEAK SECRETS TO RWANDA? CHANGE OF GUARDS – Media reports indicate that the Director of Intelligence of the Land Forces, Col. Paul Muwonge is under Read More

DRC: Etienne Tshisekedi’s body returns to Congo 2yrs after his death

FILE – In this file photo taken on, Wednesday, July 31, 2016, Congo opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi speaks during a political rally in Kinshasa, Congo. The body of longtime Congolese Read More

DRC: Etienne Tshisekedi’s body returns to Congo 2yrs after his death

FILE – In this file photo taken on, Wednesday, July 31, 2016, Congo opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi speaks during a political rally in Kinshasa, Congo. The body of longtime Congolese Read More

DRC: Etienne Tshisekedi’s body returns to Congo 2yrs after his death

FILE – In this file photo taken on, Wednesday, July 31, 2016, Congo opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi speaks during a political rally in Kinshasa, Congo. The body of longtime Congolese Read More

DRC: Kabila secures control of Congo government as pre-arranged with Tshisekedi

Congo’s former president Joseph Kabila (left) drapes newly inaugurated President Felix on January 24, 2019 with the presidential scarf as he is officially handed over the instruments of power at Read More