Tag Archives: DR CONGO

DR Congo’s presidential jet returns five years after seizure in Spain over debt

The Democratic Republic Of Congo, DRC, on Tuesday (November 9) welcomed back its official presidential jet to the country. The Gulfstream IV jet had been seized in Spain as a result of unpaid maintenance invoices, the presidency said. The official Twitter handle also shared photos of the white jet which …

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Uganda, DR Congo decide to make roads, not war

If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, that to lasting peace with neighbours is layered with bitumen and straddled by high-voltage electricity lines. That appears to be the lesson from the Uganda government’s strategic shift in its regional policy towards the Democratic Republic of Congo, its large, …

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DR Congo army kills 23 rebel members

The Congolese army has announced that government solders have killed 23 members of the Codesco rebel group and taken back control of two villages, including one of the group’s important bases in Djugu town in the north-eastern Ituri province. Codesco has been active in the region for three years. Its …

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Dozens feared dead in DR Congo boat accident

At least 34 people are feared drowned after a boat sank in the River Congo. Police said 76 passengers were rescued from the whaleboat – a flat-bottomed vessel used to transport people on lakes and rivers. It was travelling to DR Congo’s capital Kinshasa from Mai Ndombe province, north of …

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