20120213 AFP A close aide to DR Congo President Joseph Kabila was killed and the country's finance minister seriously injured in a plane crash on Sunday in the east of the country, the president's office said.
20120213 AP KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A senior presidential adviser was among two killed after a private jet crashed while landing in Congo's eastern city of Bukavu, a transport minister said Sunday.
20120213 AP KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A transport minister says a private jet crashed while landing in Congo's city of Bukavu, killing an unknown number and injuring a local governor.
20120202 Reuters KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's ruling party has lost more than 40 percent of its legislative seats to rivals but will remain the largest bloc in parliament, according to full results from a November 28 vote released on Thursday.
20120128 AFP Democratic Republic of Congo opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi on Friday called for a general strike in his nation next week over presidential elections which he claims were marred by fraud.
20120128 AFP Cholera cases have soared in the Democratic Republic of Congo in recent weeks, the UN said on Friday, bringing the number of people infected in the year-long outbreak to 22,000 with 584 deaths.
20120121 AFP Democratic Republic of Congo opposition chief Etienne Tshisekedi, who had proclaimed himself president-elect, said intends to form a government next week.
20120115 AFP DR Congo's electoral commission said that the release of full legislative vote results that had been due on Friday was postponed until January 26, two months after the fraud-tainted polls.
20120110 AFP France's RFI international radio network Monday was allowed to resume operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo after broadcasts were cut at the start of the year over its election coverage.
20120103 AFP The head of the Congolese Senate, who was attacked and hospitalised in Paris at the weekend, is recovering and will leave hospital within 48 hours, an aide said on Monday.
20120103 AFP The Congolese authorities beefed up security at Bukavu central prison on Monday following an attempted jail break that left eight people dead and 44 wounded.
20120102 AFP Eight people died and 44 were injured on Sunday during an attempted jail break in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Sud-Kivu province, police said.
20120102 AFP The Congolese government Sunday condemned an attack on the country's Senate chief in Paris allegedly by supporters of President Joseph Kabila's rival and called in France's envoy to explain the incident.
20120102 AFP DR Congo opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, who has declared himself president-elect after disputed elections last month, insisted Saturday there was no crisis in the troubled country.
20120101 Reuters (Reuters) - A U.S. crackdown on so-called "conflict minerals" in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has backfired by pushing trade deeper into the hands of criminals, including at least one former rebel leader, a U.N. report said on Friday.
20120101 Reuters (Reuters) - Former rebels have been promoted to senior posts in Democratic Republic of Congo's military in return for supporting President Joseph Kabila's re-election effort, the United Nations said in a report on Friday.
20111231 AP KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The party of Congo's opposition leader says he is under effective house arrest after he inaugurated himself president.
20111227 AFP The electoral commission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has halted the vote count for parliamentary elections until experts arrive from the United States and Britain, it announced Monday.
