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Indian soldiers serving in the UN peacekeeping mission in Congo

Congo Blast Kills 2, Wounds 31 Indian Peacekeepers

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Nov 8, 2016 | World

A grenade detonated Tuesday morning where a group of U.N. peacekeepers in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo were exercising, killing a child and a peacekeeper and wounding 31 Indian troops on Tuesday, the U.N. mission there, MONUSCO, said. Provincial governor...

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Riek Machar. Edward Echwalu/Reuters

Riek Machar: Salva Kiir is Leading Ethnic Cleansing Operations, I’m not Preparing for New War

by Mustafa Sirri | Nov 2, 2016 | Interviews

London–South Sudan’s former first vice president and prominent opposition leader Riek Machar is frank about his aspirations to rule the country despite it being difficult due to the country’s demography. Machar who belongs to the ethnic Nuer group -the second...

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Congolese policemen run to their vehicle during a clash with opposition activists participating in a march to press President Joseph Kabila to step down in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa, September 19, 2016. REUTERS

ICC Prosecutors Visit Congo to Urge Restraint

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 17, 2016 | World

A team of prosecutors from the world’s permanent war crimes court began a five-day trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday to urge restraint after a wave of pre-election violence in the capital, a statement said. The political crisis in the Democratic...

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Moise Katumbi, the multi-millionaire former governor and prominent opposition leader, attends a funeral mass in honor of legendary Congolese singer Papa Wemba, born Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba, in Lubumbashi, the capital of Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, May 4, 2016.

Congo’s General Prosecutor Summons Moise Katumbi on Mercenary Charges

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 7, 2016 | World

LUBUMBASHI- Moise Katumbi, the multi-millionaire former governor and prominent Democratic Republic of Congo opposition leader and presidential candidate, has been summoned to appear before a prosecutor on Monday upon accusations of hiring foreign mercenaries,...

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Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo looking on in a court room of the International Criminal Court (ICC)

Congolese is Highest-Ranking Politician Set for Hague Court Verdict

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 20, 2016 | World

AMSTERDAM – Jean-Pierre Bemba, a rich businessman whose Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC) militia and political party competed for power in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the early 2000s, is charged with ordering rape and murder. The former...