Mazembe on course for Champions League final | |
BBC Sport - October 3, 2010 | |
Holders TP Mazembe kept alive their hopes of retaining the Champions league trophy after defeating Algeria's JS Kabylie 3-1 in the first leg of the semi final on Sunday. Two goals from striker Alain Kaluyituka Dioko helped the DR Congo side seal the victory in Lubumbashi. | |
Mazembe, Esperance, Ahly in Champions League semis | |
BBC Sport - September 12, 2010 | |
Defending champions TP Mazembe, six-time champions Al Ahly of Egypt and Tunisian giants Esperance are through to the semi-finals of the African Champions League. TP Mazembe beat Zimbabwe's Dynamos 2-1 in Lubumbashi on Sunday. | |
TP Mazembe boss oozes confidence | |
BBC Sport - September 9, 2010 | |
They may have been less than convincing in this year's Champions League but TP Mazembe are still oozing confidence ahead of their latest match on Sunday. The DR Congo side take on Dynamos of Zimbabwe in Lubumbashi, needing a win to all but secure a semi-final place. The reigning African champions have won just two of the four matches they have played in Group A but club president Moise Katumbi remains upbeat. | |
Senegal ease pass DR Congo in Lubumbashi | |
Cafonline.com - September 5, 2010 | |
The Teranga Lions of Senegal got off to a winning start in their 2012 African Cup of Nations qualifiers with an away victory over the DR Congo in Lubumbashi. The Senegalese won by 4 goals. The boys of Amara Traoré opened scores at the 5th minute through Moussa Sow before captain Mamadou Niang added the second eleven minutes after. | |
African Champs League wins for TP Mazembe and Dynamos | |
BBC Sport - August 15, 2010 | |
Zimbabwe's Dynamos have earned their first win of the group phase of the African Champions League whilst holders TP Mazembe have gone top of Group A. Dynamos beat Entente Setif 1-0 in Harare whilst Mazembe came from behind to beat Esperance in DR Congo. | |
Defending champions TP Mazembe draw at home to Setif | |
BBC Sport - August 1, 2010 | |
Champions TP Mazembe have been held to a draw at home by visiting Entente Setif of Algeria. Mbenza Bedi put the Congolese ahead 15 minutes into the first half only for veteran striker Nabil Hemani to score either side of half-time for Setif. | |
Lumumba's Family Seeks Justice in Former Congo Prime Minister's Killing | |
ACP - June 22, 2010 | |
According to Christophe Marchand, a lawyer for Lumumba’s family, a criminal complaint will be filed against “twelve people”, all Belgians, who were “living at the time” in Katanga, where the hero of Congo’s independence from Belgium was killed on Jan. 17, 1961, shortly after his transfer from Leopoldville (now Kinshasa), in circumstances that still remain unclear. | |
Insecurity prompts political crisis in South Kivu | |
IRIN - November 16, 2007 | |
Democratic Republic of Congo's war-ravaged province of South Kivu has been plunged into a political crisis after the governor rejected the provincial assembly's decision to sack him for mismanagement. | |
DRC's Election Results Make Its Neighbour Nervous | |
Monuc/IRIN - November 3, 2006 | |
The Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) anxious wait for the outcome of the presidential election run-off is putting its neighbour Zambia on edge where currency dealers are stocking up on kwacha, the local currency, and dumping the DRC's Congolese franc. |