News | South Africa
| Tullow Oil loses Congolese permit on Lake Albert | |
BBC News - June 24, 2010 | |
 | The Congolese government has given an oil permit claimed by Tullow Oil to a rival consortium. The oil ministry says the permit is invalid as president Kabila did not approve it. The government has given the permit to a rival consortium that includes South Africa's state oil company PetroSa. |
| African Nations Join World Community to Help Haiti | |
Charles W. Corey/America.gov - January 21, 2010 | |
 | The Democratic Republic of the Congo has announced it is sending $2.5 million in emergency aid to help Haitian earthquake victims. DRC Information Minister Lambert Mende told the BBC, “Congo isn’t bankrupt; our own problems should not prevent us from helping a brother country. |
| President Jacob Zuma to Co-Chair the 6th SA-DRC Bi-National Summit in Pretoria | |
dfa.gov.za - October 30, 2009 | |
 | South African President Jacob Zuma will, on 30 October 2009, co-chair the SA-DRC Bi- National Summit with his Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) counterpart, President Joseph Kabila at the Presidential Guest House in Pretoria. President Jacob Zuma will be supported by International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane and 11 other Government Ministers and Senior Officials. |
| Kampala, Kigali refute Amnesty arms traffic report | |
IRIN - July 7, 2005 | |
The governments of Rwanda and Uganda have denied a recent report by the human rights NGO Amnesty International that they are involved in trafficking arms to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). | |
