Africa

DR Congo: General Lafontaine Suspected of Leading Attack of Kangbayi in Beni, North Kivu

Congolese rebel General Kakule Sikuli Vasaka Lafontaine

On Sunday, June 11, 2017 at around 3:30 PM local time, unidentified armed assailants attacked the Central prison of Kangbayi in Beni, North-Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) (see here)

DR Congo: Armed Attackers Free 935 Prisoners in Beni, North Kivu

Julien Paluku announces attack of prison in Beni

On Sunday, June 11, 2017 at around 3:30 PM local time, unidentified armed assailants attacked the Central prison of Kangbayi in Beni, North-Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

DR Congo: I Never Promised Elections, President Joseph Kabila Tells Media

CENCO In Kinshasa on December 30, 2016

"I have never promised anything at all, " the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) dictator Joseph Kabila said on Saturday, June 3, 2017. The secretive Joseph Kabila was giving a rare interview, having chosen the German media Der Spiegel as his latest foreign medium in the last five years.

US and EU Sanction Congolese Top Military Leaders and Government Officials for Serious Human Rights Violations

Militia Commander Gedeon Kyungu Mukanda Surrenders in Oct 2016, wearing a shirt with Joseph Kabila's image

The US have imposed targeted sanctions against top military leaders and government officials of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), for “planning, directing, or committing” serious human rights violations against Congolese civilians and opposition. The latest DRC top official to be sanctioned by the US, on June 1st, 2017,