20111110
Reuters
GENEVA/KINSHASA (Reuters) - Political manipulation of Congo's security forces has brought crackdowns on opposition parties and may lead to bloodshed in this month's election, the United Nations said in a report on Wednesday.

20111027
Reuters
KINSHASA (Reuters) - A lack of training and proper anti-riot gear could prevent Democratic Republic of Congo's police from keeping the peace in elections scheduled for next month, the United Nations and others have warned.

20111020
Reuters
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Delays in drawing up the voter register and delivering electoral materials are posing a serious threat to the Democratic Republic of Congo's second post-war polls, due in November, with some saying the elections may be postponed.

20111016
Reuters
KINSHASA (Reuters) - More than 18,000 candidates will battle for 500 seats in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DCR) parliamentary elections, set for November 28, the electoral commission said on Friday.

20111007
Reuters
BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed 10 people, including members of a local aid group, in attacks on vehicles travelling in the province of South Kivu this week, the local government said on Thursday.

20110930
presstv
Opposition supporters in Democratic Republic of Congo have clashed with police after authorities tried to stop a march towards the country's electoral body.

20110806
Reuters
BRAZZAVILLE (Reuters) - Congo Republic on Friday said it wanted to raise $2.6 billion to restock part of the world's second largest forest, as part of its fight against uncontrolled logging and global warming.

20110709
Reuters
KINSHASA (Reuters) - An airliner ploughed into dense forest as it tried to land during a rainstorm in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, killing 127 people on board, the Congolese transport ministry said.

20110709
Reuters
KINSHASA (Reuters) - A Congolese military officer in charge of soldiers accused of raping 170 woman has returned to a military base with some of his men, but it is not clear if he will be arrested.

20110607
Allafrica
United Nations humanitarian agencies and their partners need to scale up aid to remote eastern and north-eastern areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a senior United Nations official said today, warning that as many as 1.7 million people remain displaced from their homes and in fear of daily attacks from armed groups.

20110527
Reuters
MONZAYA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - The actors circle and glare in mock anger, surrounded by villagers who have come to witness a performance played out on the sandy earth in the shade of mango trees in northern Congo.

20110521
Reuters
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Mineral exports from Democratic of Congo's troubled east have tumbled since early April, which the United States introduced traceability rules that require exporters to prove their products are not funding armed groups, a government official said on Friday.

20110512
Reuters
KINSHASA (Reuters) - More than 400,000 women are raped in the Democratic Republic of Congo every year, according to a study by U.S. researchers published on Wednesday, but the United Nations has expressed doubt over the findings.

20110408
reuters

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's plans to hold parliamentary and presidential elections in November are unconstitutional and unrealistic, the country's leading opposition parties said on Sunday.

20110430
reuters

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congo will hold its second post-war presidential and legislative elections on November 28, the electoral commission said on Saturday, a vote seen as a test of President Joseph Kabila's commitment to democracy.

20110425
reuters

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Criminal investigations against former president Laurent Gbagbo, his wife and 100 other people in his close circle have begun, Ivory Coast's new government said on Wednesday.