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Howard Wolpe has spent the best part of three decades helping to form and implement American policies on Africa. After chairing the Subcommittee on Africa of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives for 10 years, he later served as President Bill Clinton's special envoy to the Great Lakes region.
At least 16,000 civilians have fled deadly clashes in western Democratic Republic of Congo and are now languishing, many without food or shelter, in neighbouring Republic of Congo, according to the UN and local officials.
Clashes between two tribes in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have caused more than 16,000 civilians to flee their homes since last week, crossing into neighbouring Republic of Congo to find safety, the United Nations refugee agency reported today.
Some elements in the UN Mission in the DRC (MONUC) are allegedly conniving and facilitating the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) rebels, The New Times has reliably learnt.
The Kibosa Maliba Stadium in the Congolese city of Lubumbashi will tomorrow decide who wins 1.5 million US dollars and a ticket to the World Club Championships in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai in December as Heartland FC of Nigeria battle Congolese side Tout Puissant Mazembe in the second league of the Orange African Champions League.
A senior commander of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has surrendered to the joint military forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the Ugandan army.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced today that the trial of Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, a former senior official of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) who has been charged with war crimes, will begin in April 2010.
A former inmate of Kasapa central prison in Lubumbashi has claimed that rape and sexual abuse of female prisoners is widespread, leading to many women becoming pregnant and giving birth while in jail.
MORE than 500 Congolese refugees were yesterday repatriated to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from Zambia, bringing the total number of refugees that have left the country since May to 15, 660.
While medical and psychological care are being provided to survivors of sexual violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where 7,000 women and girls have been raped this year alone, UN and aid workers on the ground say the funding response has been too narrow, leaving key issues inadequately addressed.
DRC President Joseph Kabila has challenged Africa to follow his country's example by actively seeking dialogue and pursuing national reconciliation as a means of solving any internal differences.
RAOUL Shungu has joined DRC's AS Vita club on a one-year contract.
At least 2,250 tents and other non-eatable goods will be supplied by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), with the purpose of helping to alleviate the situation of Angolans who came from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
A Tunisian-Congolese working session was held on Tuesday in Tunis to take stock of, and examine prospects of cooperation between both countries.
A Congolese army integration camp was attacked by rebels meant to join the army on early Wednesday morning, killing three people, army sources said.
The head of United Nations peacekeeping has called for a joint investigation into the targeted killing this year of dozens of civilians in the far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by elements of the country's military.
ZIMBABWEAN President Robert Mugabe yesterday held critical talks with his Democratic Republic of Congo counterpart Joseph Kabila on the country's latest political impasse.
The head of United Nations peacekeeping has called for a joint investigation into the targeted killing this year of dozens of civilians in the far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by elements of the country's military.
The United Nations refugee agency has rushed relief items to help tens of thousands of Angolans expelled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) last month.
A Motswana man whose 'horse and trailer' were confiscated by a court in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2006 will have his case heard by the SADC Tribunal before the end of this month.
DRC President Joseph Kabila, who is the Sadc chair, yesterday engaged the three principals to the Global Political Agreement on political developments in the country, with President Mugabe saying the regional bloc understands that Zimbabweans can solve their problems without undue external interference.
The newly appointed Congolese envoy to Rwanda, yesterday, arrived in the country to begin his official diplomatic duties.
CONDITIONS in the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebel camps in the DR Congo have deteriorated, leaving many of the fighters eager to surrender, rebels who surrendered to the army said recently.
Nine more fighters of the Lord's Resistance Army have surrendered to the Congolese army following a battle between the UPDF and the rebels in the Central African Republic (CAR) last week.
Congolese armed forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have brutally killed hundreds of civilians and committed widespread rape in the past three months in a military operation backed by the United Nations, Human Rights Watch said today.
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