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TP Mazembe stun Enyimba

BBC News - August 31, 2008

Tout-Puissant MazembeDR Congo's TP Mazembe have inflicted a heavy 3-0 defeat on visiting Enyimba of Nigeria in Group B of the African Champions League. Defeat for the Lubumbashi side would have left them unable to make it through to the last four, but they kept the group wide open with a scintillating display.
Eastern DR Congo Quiet After Burst of Violence

VOA News - August 29, 2008

Laurent KundaEastern Democratic Republic of Congo's restive North Kivu province is said to be quiet Friday after the worst outbreak of violence there in months. As VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu reports from our East Africa Bureau in Nairobi, U.N. officials are working to maintain a fragile cease-fire signed between the government in Congo Kinshasa and Tutsi rebels.
Prosecutors Ask for Death Penalty in Botheti Trial

Congo Planet - August 29, 2008

Patrick MwewaProsecutors have asked for the death penalty in the trial of the alleged killers of Kinshasa Member of Parliament Daniel Botheti. The former vice-president of the provincial assembly of Kinshasa was gunned down by armed men on July 6, 2008 as he was returning from a party.
France contributes one million euros to support the electoral process in the DRC

MONUC - August 28, 2008

France contributes one million eurosOn 27 August 2008, the French government and the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) signed an agreement for one million euros for the urban, municipal and local elections, planned for 2009. This contribution is on top of those received from the UNDP, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Italy and the European Commission.
DRC Doctors Resume Work Friday

VOA News - August 22, 2008

DoctorsState Doctors in the Democratic Republic of Congo are expected to resume work today (Friday) after President Joseph Kabila's government signed an agreement promising to address their concerns.
Zambia's president dies in France

BBC News - August 19, 2008

Levy MwanawasaZambian leader Levy Mwanawasa has died in a Paris hospital after suffering a stroke in June. He was 59. Vice-President Rupiah Banda, who is expected to take over as acting leader, made the announcement on state TV.
28th SADC summit concludes with launch of FTA

XINHUA - August 18, 2008

SADCThe 28th summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) concluded here Sunday with the launch of the Free Trade Area (FTA). The review of the political situation in the region and the launch of FTA dominated the agenda of the two-day summit.
Amid Gloom, South Africa's Mbeki Hopeful Of Zimbabwe Breakthrough

VOA News - August 13, 2008

Southern African Development Community - SADCSouth African President Thabo Mbeki said Wednesday he remains hopeful a power-sharing agreement between Zimbabwe's long-ruling ZANU-PF and the Movement for Democratic Change can be reached soon despite indications the talks are virtually deadlocked, but developments on the ground in the country threatened the crisis resolution process.
UN probes India 'abuses' in Congo

BBC News - August 13, 2008

UN peacekeepers in CongoThe UN has found that its peacekeeping troops from India may have engaged in abuse and exploitation while serving in the Democratic Republic of Congo. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was deeply troubled by the findings.
Ban 'deeply troubled' by evidence of abuse by blue helmets in DR Congo

UN News - August 12, 2008

Ban Ki-MoonSecretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today he was ?deeply troubled? by the outcome of a probe that has revealed prima facie evidence that a number of Indian peacekeepers, previously assigned to one of the units with the United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), may have engaged in sexual exploitation and abuse.



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