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Congo: 20 killed by lightning strike during covid-19 lockdown

Twenty people have been killed by a lightning strike on high-voltage power lines in the Republic of Congo. Authorities said the incident happened in the...

Congo’s ex-President Yhombi-Opango dies of Coronavirus

The former president of the Republic of Congo, Jacques Joaquim Yhombi-Opango, has died from coronavirus. He died in Paris from complications related to virus, according...

Over 15 civilians killed in eastern Congo by militants

Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 15 people overnight in eastern Congo, local officials said on Saturday, in the latest massacre since the army...

DR Congo’s Bemba seeks $75m damages from court

Democratic Republic of Congo’s former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba is seeking damages of $75 million from the war crimes court. Bemba, 56, spent almost a...

Ebola outbreak in DR Congo getting out of control

The World Health Organization has signalled that the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is getting out of control. The global body...

Congo’s Bemba files presidential candidacy

The opposition leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo Jean-Pierre Bemba on Thursday filed his candidacy for December’s presidential election. The Congolese opposition leader returned...

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.

At least 40 killed in ethnic clashes in eastern Congo

More than 40 people are reported to have been killed in ethnic violence in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Over 30 dead in northeast Congo violence

At least 30 people have been killed in two days of ethnic clashes between Hema herders and Lendu farmers in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s northeastern Ituri province, local authorities said on Monday.

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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