FT: Ghana 2 DRC 1; Morocco 0 Egypt 1 Oyem, Gabon | Brothers Jordan and Andre Ayew scored for Ghana as they reached the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals Sunday with a 2-1 win over the Democratic Republic of Congo in Oyem. Jordan opened the scoring after 63 minutes of …
Read More »JOBS: Public Information Officer UN Kinshasa
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, UN Kinshasa, DRC Closing date: Monday, 30 January 2017 Posting Title: SENIOR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, P5 (Temporary Job Opening) Job Code Title: SENIOR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER Department/ Office: United Nations Organisation Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Duty Station: KINSHASA Posting Period: 24 January 2017-30 …
Read More »Uganda admits scores of Congolese M23 rebels escaped base
Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Uganda’s government said Thursday that 40 Congolese rebels quartered at a Ugandan military base since 2014 have disappeared, while more than 100 were caught trying to cross into the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Congolese government said Sunday that at least 200 former members of …
Read More »UN ‘ready to engage’ if Congo rebels invade
Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP | The UN said Wednesday it had no confirmation of an incursion into Democratic Republic of Congo by scores of rebels sheltering in Uganda, but that it was “ready to engage” if it were the case. The DRC government said Sunday that at least 230 …
Read More »AFCON: Kabananga strikes as DR Congo stun Morocco
Oyem, Gabon | AFP | Junior Kabananga pounced on a goalkeeping error to give the Democratic Republic of Congo a 1-0 win over Morocco in an Africa Cup of Nations upset on Monday in Gabon. Success came two days after the central Africans refused to train over a bonuses row …
Read More »UGANDA: No M23 rebels have left camp
Uganda military denies Congolese rebels left camp Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Uganda’s military on Monday denied that armed Congolese rebels sheltering in the country had crossed back into the Democratic Republic of Congo, saying they were still in their camp. The DRC government said Sunday that at least 200 …
Read More »DRC opposition figure Lumbala arrives in Kinshasa
Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP | A DR Congo opposition leader accused of “high treason” returned to Kinshasa on Sunday two weeks after a key deal to end a political crisis in the vast African country. Roger Lumbala, head of the small opposition Rally of Congolese Democrats and Nationalists (RCD-N), …
Read More »DRC claims M23 rebels cross from Uganda, ‘clash with army’
Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP | Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) officials have said that armed Congolese rebels crossed back overnight into the country from their longtime refuge in Uganda, prompting fears that a guerilla conflict put to rest in 2013 could be rekindled. At least 200 former members of …
Read More »Steel troubles melt away in 2017
Sector positive on government promise of deals in infrastructure projects Like most of the Uganda’s manufacturing industry, 2016 was brutal for the steel industry, with dwindling production due to low demand. Uganda has 12 steel mills with a production capacity of more than 500,000 tonnes annually, but the country’s steel …
Read More »ECOMOG’s Gambian gamble
THE LAST WORD: By Andrew M. Mwenda The likely dangers of the Western African states’ attempts to impose a solution on The Gambia The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has resolved to send a military force (ECOMOG) into The Gambia apparently to achieve three interrelated objectives: first to …
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