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Entertainment 3 years ago

Eleven die in stampede at Fally Ipupa concert in DR Congo

A stampede left nine spectators and two police officers dead during a packed concert by African music star Fally Ipupa at the biggest stadium in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's capital, the interior minister said on Sunday, blaming the organizers.

Society 3 years ago

Indonesia, DR Congo, Brazil to present common front at climate talks

Indonesia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Brazil are working to present a common front at climate negotiations, the Congolese Environment Minister Eve Bazaiba said on Tuesday.

Americas 4 years ago

Lula pushes Brazil-Indonesia-Congo rainforest alliance if elected

The United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP27, will be held in November in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Lula is the frontrunner in opinion polls ahead of Brazil's October election.

Environment 4 years ago

Two mountain gorillas born in DR Congo's Virunga park

A male in the "Wilungula family" and a female from the "Humba family" were born on November 15, the park announced on Twitter Wednesday, bringing the number of gorilla births since January to 16.

World 5 years ago

Volcano erupts in eastern Congo, lava reaching airport in capital city

Dario Tedesco, a volcanologist based in Goma, said a new fracture has opened up on the volcano, and the lava is moving south toward Goma.

World 5 years ago

Ebola vaccination campaign begins in Democratic Republic of Congo

Health workers at Matanda health centre, where the first Ebola patient was treated, were the first to be vaccinated, the WHO said.

National 5 years ago

PREMIUM
Indonesian peacekeepers free six civilians held hostage by armed bandits in Congo

Indonesia has been joining UN peacekeeping missions since 1957 and it has been sending peacekeepers to the DRC since 1960.

Opinion 5 years ago

UNHCR turns 70: Keep serving people who are forced to flee

We are not usually “in the room” when the fates of nations and peoples are decided.

Lifestyle 5 years ago

Congolese model challenges China's love for 'tall, light and skinny'

While the Black Lives Matter movement fuels debate and change in the fashion worlds of the United States and parts of Europe, industry figures say Asia's beauty and body expectations remain dominated by an ideal that is pale, thin, and unrepresentative of the region.

Art & Culture 5 years ago

Robbery or social justice? French court fines activist who pinches colonial relics

A French court convicted Congolese activist Mwazulu Diyabanza of aggravated robbery and fined him 1,000 euros ($1,176) after he snatched a 19th century central African funerary post from a Paris museum in June.

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