8 Aid Workers Kidnapped in the DRC
According to the BBC, Eight Red Cross workers have been kidnapped in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The BBc reports that the team which includes seven Congolese and one Swiss national were kidnapped on Friday by a a pro-government militia in South Kivu province called Mai Mai Yakutumba. According to the report, those captured had [...]
LRA Massacre Exposed in the DRC
The international human rights group and the United Nations investigations have unconfined a report on Sunday about the massacre that claimed the lives of many and seriously injured others in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The report indicated that at least 300 people were killed and 250 were kidnapped by the Lord’s Resistance Army rebels. [...]
DR Congo to Benefit From a $9-billion Debt Relief Package
The International Monetary Fund says President Kabila is improving revenue collection, better managing state spending, and making it easier for businesses to operate. Ames says central-bank reforms should help reduce inflation and increase foreign currency reserves. And According to the IMF, the Democratic Republic of Congo could have the bulk of its external debt forgiven [...]
Kenya’s President Kibaki Briefed on Eastern DRC Peace Situation
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki today met and held discussions with former Presidents Olesegun Obasanjo of Nigeria and Benjamin Mkapa of Tanzania, who briefed him on the current situation in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. According to press statements from the presidential press service, the meeting briefed President Kibaki on the current situation in the peace initiative [...]
Kabila Launches Fight Against Corruption and Sacks 3,000 Civil Servants
The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, has dismissed 100 top government officials in the country’s Finance Ministry after they were accused of engaging in corrupt activities in the Ministry. The officials who were accused of organising a network of corruption and siphoning government funds for their own personal use were found [...]
Bemba’s Bail Revoked
The decision to award bail to Congolese war crimes suspect Jean-Pierre Bemba has been reversed by the International Criminal Court (ICC) According to the Judges at The Hague, Mr Bemba, who was Democratic Republic of Congo’s vice-president might flee if set free. Bemba is accused of leading militias who went on a rampage of murder [...]
Ali Ben Bongo calls his Opponents ‘Traitors’ and ‘Liars’
Ali Ben Bongo, the eldest son of Gabon’s former leader, Omar Bongo, has called his opponents in the forthcoming Presidential elections, ‘traitors’ in an election campaign rally. There are 20 opposition candidates lining up against Bongo who is the candidate for the ruling party. A few weeks ago the Prime Minister resigned to join the [...]
Bemba Gets Bail
Former Congolese Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba has been released by the ICC ahead of his war crimes trial in The Hague. But his release is on hold until a suitable country can be found to host him. Bemba led a rebel group during Congo’s civil war and was arrested in Belgium and extradited to The [...]
Fighting Escalates In Congo As Thousands Flee
The UNHCR reported well over one-half million civilians have been displaced in South Kivu since January 2009. That is when the Congolese government began its military campaign to forcefully disarm Hutu rebels and their local militia allies. But, things have not worked out as the government envisioned. In fact, the situation has grown worse, as [...]
Court in Switzerland Orders Release Of Mobutu’s Money To Family
A court in Switzerland has ruled that the assets of late Congolese dictator Mobutu Sese Seko must be returned to his family. The federal criminal court on Tuesday rejected an appeal to extend a freeze on his assets in Switzerland worth about $7 million, saying the case is now too old. The decision, which cannot [...]
