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Burundi police fire teargas, beat anti-president protesters

YoopyaMay 19, 2015July 8, 20230

By Edmund Blair and Goran Tomasevic BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Burundi police fired teargas and beat protesters demanding President Pierre Nkurunziza end his bid for a

Congo’s Kabila names new govt in bid to broaden political base

YoopyaDec 8, 2014July 6, 20230

By Aaron Ross KINSHASA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila announced the formation of a new government on Sunday in a shake-up

Africa news: Rwandan rebels begin to surrender, but demand talks with Kigali

YoopyaMay 31, 2014July 19, 20230

(Reuters) – Rwandan rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo began what they claimed was the first step in disarming their fighters on Friday, but

Congo security forces scatter attempted rally by Kabila rival

YoopyaFeb 21, 2014October 30, 20230

(Reuters) – Police in Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday broke up a rally by one of President Joseph Kabila’s main political rivals, a move

Insight: “Triangle of death” looms over Congo’s mining heartlands

YoopyaFeb 19, 20130

(Reuters) – Trucks of workers and building materials hurtle through the mining town of Likasi at the heart of Congo’s copper producing south, evidence of