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1 000s flee rebel advance in DRC

2012-11-23 14:39

Thousands of civilians have poured out of the town of Sake in the eastern DRC in the face of a rebel advance that has raised fears of wider conflict erupting in the chronically unstable region.

Kabila's party loses 45% of its seats

2012-02-03 08:36

President Joseph Kabila's party has lost 45% of the legislative seats it held before November elections that were denounced as fraudulent and chaotic, according to belated results.

Violence, late ballots mar DRC vote

2011-11-29 07:44

Voting materials arrived late or sometimes not at all in precincts throughout the DRC but the country’s elections went ahead, raising doubts about the legitimacy of the polls.

War crimes suspect won't run in DRC poll

2011-09-08 22:27

Former DRC vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba, who is held in The Hague on war crimes charges, will not contend the county's presidential election, his party says.

Congolese refugees to return home

2010-10-28 21:53

The UN's refugee agency says the first wave of Congolese refugees living in Burundi will soon be repatriated.

Mobutu assets to be returned

2009-07-14 21:10

A Swiss court has ruled that assets of the late dictator Mobutu Sese Seko frozen in Switzerland and worth €5.1m must be returned to his family.

 

Botswana's rulers face united rival

2012-11-22 14:43

The African Spring may not have materialised, but in Botswana - the continent’s oldest multi-party democracy - the winds of change are buffeting a party that has ruled the country since independence.

DRC voting extended to 2nd day

2011-11-30 08:09

After an election marred by missing ballots and violence, officials have extended voting to a second day in an attempt to prevent further unrest in sub-Saharan Africa’s largest nation.

DRC opposition urges voters to rise up

2011-11-11 16:33

Congolese opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi has called on the population to "terrorise" President Joseph Kabila's regime ahead of elections.

Mobutu's son to run for DRC president

2011-09-07 20:50

Nzanga Mobutu, the son of former dictator Mobutu Sese Seko, has officially filed his candidacy for the Democratic Republic of Congo's November presidential elections.

Murder of DRC PM 'was war crime'

2010-06-21 15:02

Belgian lawyers say they are asking prosecutors to bring war crimes charges against officials allegedly involved in the assassination of DRC’s first democratically elected PM 50 years ago.

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