Congo Kinshasa News Journal
Congo - Kinshasa : UN Peacekeepers Transfer Rebels to Authorities After Peaceful Surrender
[UN News]The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today transferred hundreds of Mayi-Mayi combatants to Kinshasa after the rebels turned over their weapons to the peacekeepers this weekend and took part in UN-led mediation.
Governor says attack hurts image of Congo mining hub
By Bienvenu Bakumanya and Clara Ferreira-Marques KINSHASA /LONDON (Reuters) - An attack by some 300 rebels on the Democratic Republic of Congo 's second city, Lubumbashi, has tarnished the image of the country's mining hub but has not interrupted operations, the region's governor said on Monday. Lubumbashi and the wider southern province of Katanga have been seen as among the safest in a country ...
245 D.R. Congo rebels surrender
KINSHASA , Democratic Republic of Congo , March 25 (UPI) -- A contingent of 245 Mayi-Mayi rebels who surrendered to U.N. peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo were delivered to authorities in Kinshasa Monday.
Mai Mai fighters flown to DR Congo capital after clashes
Some 230 Mai Mai rebels who battled government forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo 's mining capital, Lubumbashi, at the weekend were Monday flown to the capital Kinshasa on two aircraft, an airport source said.
Congo - Kinshasa : War Crimes Suspect Bosco Ntaganda En Route to the Hague
[Deutsche Welle]A Congolese warlord who is facing a series of war crimes charges is on his way to The Hague to stand trial. Bosco Ntaganda had turned himself in to a US embassy earlier in the week.
Congo - Kinshasa : War Crimes Suspect Ntaganda On Way to Hague
[Deutsche Welle]A Congolese warlord who is facing a series of war crimes charges is on his way to The Hague to stand trial. Bosco Ntaganda had turned himself in to a US embassy earlier in the week.
UN : At least 35 people killed by Congo fighters
KINSHASA , Congo (AP) — The United Nations mission in Congo says at least 35 people were killed after hundreds of militia fighters attacked the southeast mining center of Lubumbashi, before surrendering.
Rebels surrender to U.N. following attack on Congo mining hub
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Nearly 250 rebels who attacked a military camp and the provincial governor's office in Democratic Republic of Congo 's southern mining hub of Lubumbashi on Saturday have surrendered, the country's U.N. peacekeeping mission said. The government said it had killed about 15 of the estimated 300 Mayi-Mayi Kata Katanga separatists who attacked the capital of the Central African ...
UN : At least 35 people killed by Congo fighters
KINSHASA , Congo (AP) — The United Nations mission in Congo says at least 35 people were killed after hundreds of militia fighters attacked the southeast mining center of Lubumbashi, before surrendering.
Congo asks UN to transport Bozize's family from border town
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo 's government asked the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) on Sunday for help transporting the family of Central African Republic President Francois Bozize after he fled his country, a U.N. official said. "(Government of DRC) has asked UNHCR to transport 25 family members of Bozize from (Congolese border town) Zongo to Gemena," the official ...
Congo - Kinshasa : Bosco Ntaganda's Trail of Atrocities Ends At the ICC
[HRW]The Congolese rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda is on a plane to The Hague, where he will face justice at the International Criminal Court (ICC), almost seven years after the court issued its first arrest warrant against him.
Hundreds of gunmen attack Congo mining hub, at least five dead
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Hundreds of gunmen attacked official installations in Democratic Republic of Congo 's southern mining hub of Lubumbashi before being repelled by soldiers, the government said on Saturday. The attack on the capital of the central African nation's copper and cobalt-rich Katanga province began around 1 PM (14.00 GMT) and targeted a military camp and the provincial governor's ...
Hundreds of rebels attack Congo mining hub, 15 killed
By Bienvenu Bakumanya KINSHASA (Reuters) - Hundreds of rebels armed with bows and arrows and machetes attacked a military camp and the provincial governor's office in Democratic Republic of Congo 's southern mining hub of Lubumbashi on Saturday before being repelled by soldiers, authorities said. The attack by pro-independence Mai Mai militia fighters on the capital of the central African nation ...
Congo - Kinshasa : DR Congo 's Bosco Ntaganda Transferred to the Hague
[New Times]Congolese war criminal suspect Bosco Ntaganda was yesterday transferred from the US embassy in Kigali to the International Criminal Court (ICC), five days after he voluntarily surrendered to the embassy and asked to be transferred to The Hague-based court.
Hundreds of gunmen attack Congo mining hub, at least five dead
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Hundreds of gunmen attacked official installations in Democratic Republic of Congo 's southern mining hub of Lubumbashi before being repelled by soldiers, the government said on Saturday. The attack on the capital of the central African nation's copper and cobalt-rich Katanga province began around 1 p.m. (10.00 a.m. ET) and targeted a military camp and the provincial governor ...
