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Fally Ipupa offers condolences after tragic concert

Congolese singer Fally Ipupa has sent his condolences to the families of 11 people who died on Saturday during his concert in the largest...

Ho Teke people of Republic of Congo became best known for their fetishes

The Teke people of the Republic of Congo were forced to cohabitate with the French in the 1800s. They returned to their own way...

DR Congo climate meeting to make demands on richer nations

Environment ministers from dozens of countries are due to gather in the Democratic Republic of Congo for talks on tackling climate change. The three-day meeting...

Patrice Lumumba: Why Belgium is returning a Congolese hero’s golden tooth

A gold-crowned tooth is all that remains of assassinated Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba. Shot dead by a firing squad in 1961 with the tacit...

Congo president’s son given top ministerial portfolio

Republic of Congo president Denis Sassou Nguesso has handed his son a top ministerial position. The president through the new Prime Minsiter named Denis-Christel Sassou...

Congo-Brazzaville presidential poll likely to hand win to ’emperor’

Citizens in Congo-Brazzaville headed to the polls on Sunday to vote in a presidential election that looks likely to hand Denis Sassou-Nguesso, who's led...

In the Congo rainforest, the doctor who discovered Ebola warns of deadly viruses yet to come

Showing early symptoms of hemorrhagic fever, the patient sits quietly on her bed, wrangling two toddlers desperate to flee the cell-like hospital room in...

Congo President to seek re-election after 36 years at the helm

The president of the Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, who is one of the world's longest-serving leaders, will seek a fourth term in...

Armed attackers free more than 1,300 prisoners in DR Congo

Suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels freed more than 1,300 prisoners in an assault on a jail in Beni, eastern Democratic Republic Congo. Only about...

10 years after UN report exposes grave crimes on Congo

Ten years ago , the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights published the report of its human rights mapping exercise on...

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