KINSHASA, Congo - A Congolese court has upheld death sentences for two Norwegians convicted of espionage and murder, U.N. radio said Thursday, prompting condemnation from Norwegian officials. Radio Okapi said a military court in Kisangani announced
GOMA, Congo - Conservationists say two baby mountain gorillas have moved to a lush jungle sanctuary formerly closed to them because of violent instability in eastern Congo. Virunga National Park director Emmanuel de Merode said Wednesday the gorilla
KINSHASA, Congo - A police official says four people died when a jail cell wall fell on them during an attempted prison escape in Congo's capital. Inspector General Jean-de-Dieu Oleko said Monday that police are now investigating the deaths. He deni
KINSHASA - At least 73 people were killed and others missing after a logging boat sank in a lake in western Democratic Republic of Congo, a Red Cross official said on Saturday. The boat sank in bad weather and had been transporting logs on Lake Mai
TORONTO - The Paris Club of creditor nations is in a position to conclude a rescheduling of Democratic Republic of Congo's debt now that Canada has come onside with the move, a Canadian finance official said on Wednesday. The International Monetary
CONAKRY, Guinea - One of Africa's most brutal rebel movements relies on a vast, international network of supporters in at least 25 countries, including the United States and some in Europe, a United Nations report said. The U.N. findings show that t
KINSHASA - U.N. backing for Congolese army operations in the east has failed to stamp out Rwandan rebels, the United Nations' own experts said on Wednesday. Far from resolving the root causes of the violence, the operations backed by the world's bi
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A senior investigator says witnesses testifying against two Congolese warlords at the International Criminal Court have been threatened and the court does not have the resources to fully protect them. The investigator spoke
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