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Congo accused of obstructing probe of U.N. experts killings

The United Nations experts investigating the murder of two of the global body's investigators in the Democratic Republic of Congo last year have accused Congolese security officials of interfering with the investigation into the killings.

Court orders Gabon’s prime minister to resign

Gabon’s Constitutional Court on Monday ordered the prime minister to resign and the lower house of parliament dissolved after legislative elections scheduled for the weekend were delayed.

Chad president gets more powers in newly approved constitution

The President of Chad has been given expanded powers after the country’s parliament on Monday approved a new constitution in an overwhelming manner.

Congolese warlord jailed for ‘sexual slavery’

A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday sentenced a warlord to 20 years in prison after finding him guilty of "sexual slavery" a decade ago, an aid group said.

Mass graves found in Congo borderlands

United Nations investigators have discovered five probable mass grave sites in eastern Congo’s Ituri province where an outbreak of ethnic violence has killed at least 263 people, a U.N. peacekeeping mission said.

DR Congo: Over 250 corrupt judges sacked

The Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday sacked more than 250 magistrates who did not have a law degree or were accused of corruption.

UN raises $528m in pledges for DRC crisis

The United Nations has raised $528 million in pledges from donors after holding an aid conference to help deal with the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

DR Congo withdraws from it’s own aid conference

The United Nation has held a donor conference in Geneva to raise $1.7bn in aid for the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

CAR demonstrators lay corpses in front of U.N. mission

Demonstrators in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, have placed at least nine corpses in front of the UN's mission following recent clashes.

U.S. lifts travel ban on Chad citizens

President Donald Trump lifted a U.S. travel ban on citizens from Chad on Tuesday after a six-month U.S. government review found improvements in the African country’s security standards, the White House said.

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