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Congo (DRC): Twenty killed in Congo plane crash
A plane crashed on Wednesday after trying to land in the western Democratic Republic of Congo, killing 20 people and leaving just one survivor, a deputy provincial governor told reporters. The Filair Let-410 twin turboprop crashed just before 12h00 GMT after failing to land at Bandundu after a 300km ... Read Africa News article at IndependentOnline - Related articles
Congo (DRC): Damning DRC report not altered - UN
UN chief Ban Ki-moon never asked for claims of "genocide" by Rwandan forces to be removed from a report on violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a UN human rights spokesman said on Tuesday. Rejecting media reports of interference by Ban on the final wording of a report ... Read Africa News article at IndependentOnline - Related articles
Congo (DRC): Damning DRC report not altered - UN
UN chief Ban Ki-moon never asked for claims of "genocide" by Rwandan forces to be removed from a report on violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a UN human rights spokesman said on Tuesday. Rejecting media reports of interference by Ban on the final wording of a report ... Read Africa News article at IndependentOnline - Related articles
Congo (DRC): Damning DRC report not altered - UN
UN chief Ban Ki-moon never asked for claims of "genocide" by Rwandan forces to be removed from a report on violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a UN human rights spokesman said on Tuesday. Rejecting media reports of interference by Ban on the final wording of a report ... Read Africa News article at IndependentOnline - Related articles
Burundi: Burundi president names government
Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza has named a new government following legislative elections that his ruling party swept amid an opposition boycott, his spokesperson said on Monday. Out of 21 ministers in the new line-up, 10 are retained from the previous government. Fourteen ministers are from Nkurunziza"s CNDD-FDD, three from ... Read Africa News article at IndependentOnline - Related articles
Burundi: Burundi picks senate
Burundi district councillors voted on Wednesday for senators for the upper house of parliament in a contest expected to solidify the ruling CNDD-FDD party"s grip on power. President Pierre Nkurunziza"s CNDD-FDD party, dominated by majority Hutus, is expected to easily trounce the minority Tutsi-dominated UPRONA party in the senatorial ... Read Africa News article at IndependentOnline - Related articles
Burundi: Burundi president names government
Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza has named a new government following legislative elections that his ruling party swept amid an opposition boycott, his spokesperson said on Monday. Out of 21 ministers in the new line-up, 10 are retained from the previous government. Fourteen ministers are from Nkurunziza"s CNDD-FDD, three from ... Read Africa News article at IndependentOnline - Related articles
Congo: UN demands action after Congo rapes
The Security Council demanded on Thursday that all steps be taken to prevent a repeat of a recent mass rape in Congo as council members voiced open dissatisfaction at the late response of UN forces. UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have said they were only informed ... Read Africa News article at IndependentOnline - Related articles
Congo: UN demands action after Congo rapes
The Security Council demanded on Thursday that all steps be taken to prevent a repeat of a recent mass rape in Congo as council members voiced open dissatisfaction at the late response of UN forces. UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have said they were only informed ... Read Africa News article at IndependentOnline - Related articles
Congo (DRC): Local leader kidnapped in E DR Congo - report
Armed men in uniform kidnapped a local community leader in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo"s Nord-Kivu province, another local official said Thursday. Sylvestre Bwira, president of civil society in the Masisi territory, was "kidnapped on Tuesday at 1:00pm by men in uniform on the road" between Goma, the provincial ... Read Africa News article at IndependentOnline - Related articles
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