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| Moise Katumbi blocked from entering DR Congo | |
Radio Okapi - August 03, 2018 | |
 | Moise Katumbi and his delegation are stranded in Zambia, as the Congolese opposition leader attempts to return to DR Congo to run in the upcoming presidential election. The former governor of Katanga Province had arrived at the border crossing between Zambia and DR Congo this Friday, August 3 at 1pm local time. |
| Jean-Pierre Bemba Returns to DR Congo | |
Radio Okapi - August 01, 2018 | |
 | Senator Jean-Pierre Bemba returned to DR Congo on Wednesday, August 1. He arrived at the N’djili airport shortly after 9:30am. “I’m happy to be back in my country,” Senator Bemba told reporters. Surrounded by the police, his convoy left the airport around 11am, with cheering fans singing songs in his honor. |
| Jean-Pierre Bemba named MLC presidential candidate | |
Radio Okapi - July 13, 2018 | |
 | Senator Jean-Pierre Bemba has been nominated as the presidential candidate for the Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC). The resolution was taken on Friday in Kinshasa at the closing of the third congress of the opposition party. The participants also decided to renew Jean-Pierre Bemba as the head of the Party for a term of 5 years. |
| V Club Crowned Congo Champions | |
Radio Okapi - July 12, 2018 | |
 | V Club were crowned Champions of Congo on Thursday after finishing at the top of the national football championship's Division I with 56 points (+46). TP Mazembe were runners-up with 53 points (+34) while DCMP finished with 47 (+30 ). |
| AS Vita to play CS la Mancha in Confederation Cup | |
Cafonline.com - March 21, 2018 | |
 | The draw of the 2nd 1/16th round of the Total CAF Confederation Cup was conducted on Wednesday, 21 March 2018 in Cairo, Egypt. Former Zamalek midfielder Hazem Emam assisted CAF Deputy General Secretary Anthony Baffoe to conduct the draw. |
| Mazembe drawn against Difaa El Jadidi, ES Setif in Champions League | |
Cafonline.com - March 21, 2018 | |
 | The draw for the group stage of the Total CAF Champions League was held on Wednesday, 21 March 2018 in Cairo, Egypt. Ambassadors for the CAF Interclubs, Angolan Gilberto and South African Mark Fish assisted CAF General Secretary Amr Fahmy to conduct the draw. |
| At least 30 dead after massacres in Ituri | |
Radio Okapi - March 02, 2018 | |
 | New massacres were reported on Thursday in three villages in the territory of Djugu (Ituri). Officials in the area say that at least thirty bodies have already been discovered, but the search continues. National member of parliament Raymond Tchedya, who represents Djugu, is reporting fifty deaths. |
| Botswana Urges Joseph Kabila to Step Down | |
VOA News - February 26, 2018 | |
 | The southern African nation of Botswana has taken the unusual step of directly criticizing Congolese President Joseph Kabila, saying his refusal to hold long overdue elections is driving deadly violence and a growing humanitarian emergency in the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
| DR Congo ranked 3rd in Africa: FIFA | |
Radio Okapi - February 15, 2018 | |
 | The Democratic Republic of Congo is ranked third in Africa and 39th in the world, according to the February World Ranking of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA). DR Congo gains four places compared to last month’s ranking. |
| No elections in DR Congo in December without electronic voting machines: INEC | |
Radio Okapi/AFP - February 13, 2018 | |
 | The president of DR Congo’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced on Tuesday that without the use of contested voting machines, it will not be possible to organize the presidential election as planned on December 23 to choose the successor of President Joseph Kabila. |
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