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Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso votes at a polling station in Brazzaville, Congo,
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 20, 2016 | World
Brazzaville- Under a government-imposed communications blackout, voting in a presidential election in Congo Republic opened on Sunday by the time long-time leader Denis Sassou Nguesso pursued to extend his rule over the Central African oil producer. Facing eight...
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A boy watches table soccer as children play in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa.
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 13, 2016 | World
KINSHASA – Heart touching image of many others alike, is the story of Kevin Lusongo. Lusongo who is now 14, has been on the streets since he was 11. Sleeping on a piece of cardboard in an unlit parking lot in a poor neighborhood of Kinshasa, behind trucks he...
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French Sangaris troops patrol in an armored personnel carrier (APC) as a schoolboy passes by, in Bangui, the Central African capital, on July 13, 2014. (AFP Photo/Pacome Pabandji)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 21, 2014 | World
Reuters, Brazzaville—The Central African Republic’s interim president appealed on Monday to Muslim Seleka rebels and ‘anti-balaka’ Christian militia to agree a ceasefire at the start of talks in the neighboring Congo Republic. The three-day forum in...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 30, 2013 | World
Kinshasa, AP—Heavy fighting erupted on Wednesday as the Congolese army attacked one of the last remaining strongholds of the M23 rebels near the Ugandan border, forcing more than 10,000 Congolese to flee into Uganda, officials and humanitarian workers said. Among...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 5, 2013 | World
Dakar, Reuters—Congo’s President Joseph Kabila pledged on Saturday to turn the recommendations from three weeks of national dialogue into policies to tackle the central African nation’s daunting social, institutional and economic problems. The talks in the...
