963 results found for: kinshasa
| No Sudanese soldier on DR Congo's territory: ambassador | |
Xinhua - February 12, 2010 | |
 | The diplomat pointed out that minor problems that might arise along the common border could be resolved by the local authorities in the two neighboring provinces in order to strengthen the cross- border cooperation and commercial exchanges. |
| Lubanga Witness Says He Was Paid US$200 To Tell Lies | |
lubangatrial.org - February 8, 2010 | |
 | A witness today told the war crimes trial of Thomas Lubanga that intermediaries of the International Criminal Court (ICC) gave him US$200 as payment for convincing his nephew to give false testimony against the accused. |
| ICC: Thomas Lubanga Defence Questions Witness Credibility | |
IWPR - January 30, 2010 | |
| The case for the defence in the war crimes trial of former Congolese rebel leader Thomas Lubanga opened this week with his lawyers declaring that prosecution witnesses were coached, and that the witnesses who claimed to have been child soldiers never were. |
| Russia gets involved in the reform of the Congolese Armed Forces | |
ACP - January 26, 2010 | |
 | Russia has awarded thirty scholarships to the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC), Anatoly Klimenko, the Russian ambassador in Kinshasa, said on Tuesday after meeting with the Minister of National Defense and Veterans Affairs, Charles Muando Nsimba. |
| President Barack Obama Praises Dikembe Mutombo for Humanitarian Work | |
Lauren Burgoon - Georgetown University News - January 19, 2010 | |
 | President Obama served as a surprise guest at the eighth annual "Let Freedom Ring!" event celebrating the life and legacy of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and honoring NBA great and philanthropist Dikembe Mutombo. |
| DR Congo declares European commissioner persona non grata | |
Xinhua - January 9, 2010 | |
 | The foreign minister for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has stopped the granting of a Kinshasa visa to the European commissioner for development, the Belgian Karel De Gucht, in reaction to his recent comments considered by Kinshasa as malicious. |
| DR Congo military says more FDLR rebels killed in North Kivu province | |
Xinhua - December 18, 2009 | |
 | The armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) killed more Rwandan rebels including a captain in its anti-insurgency operation in the eastern province of North Kivu, the military said on Thursday. Combats against these Rwandan Hutu rebels were reported in the areas of Nyanzale, Bukumbirwa and Kanyabayonga within the Rutshuru territory. One FARDC soldier was killed. |
| Brussels Airlines to form a new airline company in DR Congo | |
Xinhua - December 16, 2009 | |
 | A Belgian air transport company, Brussels Airlines, will form a new aerial company in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) called "Korongo", Sven Marinus, the general director of the company, declared on Tuesday during a press conference. |
| Dikembe Mutombo to serve as NBA global ambassador | |
Xinhua - November 18, 2009 | |
 | NBA Commissioner David Stern announced on Tuesday that Dikembe Mutombo will serve as the NBA global ambassador. After retiring from a playing career that spanned 18 seasons, Mutombo will now work to grow and celebrate the game through numerous international NBA events including Basketball without Borders. |
| DR Congo, Zambia hold commission meeting on cooperation | |
Xinhua - November 6, 2009 | |
 | The 11th session of the joint commission was opened on Thursday in the DRC capital Kinshasa with an agenda to include the evaluation of agreements and existing projects in political, judicial, diplomatic, defense and security, economic-finance, commerce and industry fields. |
