GOMA, 16 Mar 2006 (IRIN) - Before colonialism in Africa, community life centred on ethnic customs and culture. In pre-colonial Congo, people lived under the authority of a traditional chief, in ...

BUNIA, 12 Apr 2005 (IRIN) - The disarmament effort of the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, known as MONUC, has brought almost 3,000 minors into the care of child-protection agencies ...

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NYONGA, KATANGA, 13 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - Two explosions from heavy weapons echoed from the eastern shore of Lake Upemba across the glassy waters to a tiny island formed from dead reeds. Displaced ...

KINSHASA, 10 Feb 2005 (IRIN) - Congolese and Rwandan military officers have activated a joint verification mechanism for the common border between the two countries, an administrator in Congo's ...

KINSHASA, 13 Jun 2006 (IRIN) - The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is preparing to hold its first democratic elections in 45 years on 30 July, but the main political opposition party is not ...

GOMA, 31 Aug 2005 (IRIN) - The day after a dissident army leader in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) called for an insurrection, the 53rd Army Battalion and four companies of the 2nd ...

KINSHASA, 25 Sep 2006 (IRIN) - Senior aides to the two candidates running for president in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have agreed to make Kinshasa a weapons-free zone to ensure that the ...

DR Congo’s army has liberated three major towns from the M23 rebels in a span of just three days. It is a dramatic fall for the M23 rebels, who have terrorized hundreds of thousands of civilians in ...

U.S. authorities announced on Thursday that they have sanctioned Rwanda over the recruitment of child soldiers by the M23 rebels operating in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The United ...

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon confirmed on Friday in a statement that the M23 rebels were responsible for firing shells into Rwanda, despite claims by Rwandan authorities that the Congolese army ...