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| Senior UN officials urge Brazzaville to halt expulsion of DR Congo nationals | |
UN News Centre - May 26, 2014 | |
 | Senior United Nations officials today demanded that Republic of the Congo immediately stop expelling citizens from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo, and called for an investigation into allegations of sexual violence and other human rights violations. |
| TP Mazembe win derby against AS Vita, Setif hold Sfaxien | |
Cafonline.com - May 26, 2014 | |
 | TP Mazembe won their first game at the group phase after beating rivals AS Vita 1-0 in their Group A fixture in Lubumbashi on Sunday, whilst Entente Setif of Algeria and CS Sfaxien shared the spoils in a 1-1 in Setif. Tanzanian midfielder Mbwana Samata saved the blushes of Les Corbeaux with the match winner on the half-hour mark. |
| ICC sentences Germain Katanga to 12 years | |
ICC - May 23, 2014 | |
 | Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC), ruling in the majority, sentenced Germain Katanga to a total of 12 years' imprisonment. The Chamber also ordered that the time spent in detention at the ICC – between 18 September 2007 and 23 May 2014 – be deducted from his sentence. |
| AS Vita hand Zamalek first defeat in Champions League | |
Cafonline.com - May 19, 2014 | |
 | Former champions Zamalek tasted defeat for the first time after AS Vita beat them 2-1 in their Group A clash on Sunday in Kinshasa. It was the first time the five-time winners of the competition had tasted defeat or even conceded in this term’s campaign in the Orange CAF Champions League. |
| TP Mazembe Lose 0-1 Against Al Hilal in Champions League | |
Radio Okapi - May 16, 2014 | |
 | TP Mazembe missed their entrance in the group stage of the Orange CAF Champions League on Friday after losing against Al Hilal of Sudan. Al Hilal’s goal was scored by striker Hassan Salah on 55th minute. TP Mazembe will play their second group match on May 25 against AS Vita Club, the other DR Congo club in groupe A, in Lubumbashi. |
| 15 dead in football match stampede in Kinshasa | |
Xinhua - May 12, 2014 | |
 | At least 15 people died and 30 others were injured in a stampede that occurred during a football match on Sunday at the Tata Raphael stadium in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The death toll was announced on Sunday evening through a statement from the interior ministry read on national television. |
| Kerry Calls on Kabila to Honor Constitution | |
VOA News - May 4, 2014 | |
 | U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is calling on Congolese President Joseph Kabila to respect his country's constitution and not run for a third term. The U.S. is pledging additional funding for elections and for helping to demobilize fighters in eastern provinces. |
| Kerry in DR Congo for Security Talks | |
VOA News - May 3, 2014 | |
 | U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where he will meet with President Joseph Kabila. The two leaders are expected to discuss recent security gains against rebel groups in eastern Congo. |
| At least 60 killed as train derails in Katanga province | |
Xinhua - April 23, 2014 | |
 | At least 60 people were killed and some 60 others were injured when a freight train derailed in the southeast region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The accident occurred when the train was speeding too fast before turning around a bend close to the Katongola bridge, which is near the station at Katongola, a town in the southern Katanga province. |
| DR Congo duo AS Vita, Mazembe reach Champions League group stage | |
Cafonline.com - March 31, 2014 | |
 | DR Congo will have two representatives at the lucrative mini-league stage of the Orange CAF Champions League for the first time. Four-time winners TP Mazembe and AS Vita, champions in 1973 scrapped through to the last eight of the premier continental club championship. |
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