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Tanzanian journalist recounts his midnight flight from assassins

In early October 2017, I received a death threat. It wasn’t the first but it was the most serious. Confidential information was leaked that three hitmen had been tasked with getting rid...

One in four African leaders has served more than 20 years

Africa has the world’s most youthful population. It also has the world’s oldest and longest serving heads of government. Though African countries form 28 per cent of the members of the UN,...

DR Congo elections: A rumbling volcano

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s long-delayed election may finally take place at the end of this year. Violence is inevitable and a return to chaos and breakdown is likely. Each election since...

Ten Congolese nationals arrested over illegal entry into Uganda

Authorities say the suspects entered into the country through Lake Albert and and settled at Kibolwa landing site in Buliisa district without proper clearance from the immigration office. Bosco Arop, the Buliisa...

Mnangagwa demands US$1bn war compensation from DRC

President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week took his election campaign begging bowl to Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila, where the two leaders also discussed the political and security situation in...

Lungu purchases jet for $70 million plus old plane

The PF regime has purchased a Gulfstream 750 jet (like the one in photos) for Edgar Lungu at the tune of $70 million United States dollars. Th deal was structured in a...

Thousands of Congo children flee to Uganda in two months

At least 26,000 children have crossed into Uganda from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since January. The children represent about half of the 42,000 Congolese that have fled ongoing conflict in...

New deputy president, finance minister announced in major Cabinet reshuffle

ANC deputy president David Mabuza will be the next deputy president of South Africa once he is sworn in as an MP. In a televised address to the nation on Monday evening,...

Kabila motorcade accident is an indictment on the Zambia Police

The statement from Zambia Police spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo explaining what led to the accident involving Congolese President Joseph Kabila’s motorcade on Sunday, amounts to nothing but an admission of guilt. In...

Congo refugees say Rwanda soldiers wound two in food protest

Congolese refugees in Rwanda said soldiers shot at them and wounded at least two people on Tuesday as the refugees tried to march out of their camp in protest at a cut...

Zuma’s ouster mirrors powerplays elsewhere

If there are decades in which nothing happens, this will go down as a week in which decades happened. In less than 17 hours, two of Africa’s most powerful nations, South Africa...

Ramaphosa’s plan to fight corruption

No-one will be spared in the government’s new fight against corruption, and the criminal justice system will be strengthened to make sure the guilty are locked up, president Cyril Ramaphosa has announced...

Time’s up: Jacob Zuma has resigned

In an address to the nation late on Wednesday evening, President Jacob Zuma announced his resignation. « I have… come to the decision to resign as the president of the Republic with immediate...

ADF leader Mukulu’s case set for hearing

Kampala– Investigations into charges of terrorism and murder against rebel leader of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) Jamil Mukulu are complete and the case file has been sent to the International Crimes...

Opposition parties plan national shutdown to force Zuma’s exit

Opposition parties are planning a national shutdown to protest against the long and drawn-out process leading to President Jacob Zuma’s resignation. Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi told News24 that the...

George Soros: financier, philanthropist – and hate figure for the far right

The Jewish billionaire’s backing for a pro-EU group has breathed new life into populist conspiracy theories In December last year, an MP from the ruling Fidesz party of hardline Hungarian prime minister...

Rwanda’s exports grew by 58% in 2017

Rwanda’s total exports grew by 57.6 per cent in 2017 to US$943.5m compared to US$589.7m in the previous year. According to Finance and Economic planning Minister, Amb. Claver Gatete, the significant growth...

EU offers Shs 450m for Congolese refugees in Uganda

The European Union has announced Shs 450 million in humanitarian aid towards Congolese refugees in Uganda. A statement from the EU delegation in Uganda says 100,000 Euros will be available to the...

Paradise Papers businessman in African bribery inquiry

A billionaire businessman who featured in the Paradise Papers exposé is under investigation by the US authorities on suspicion of bribing high ranking government officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo....

DRC: Protesters killed in anti-Kabila protests

At least five people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to the UN, as authorities cracked down on banned protests against President Joseph Kabila. Witnesses told news...

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Congo Indépendant

Catégorie : Presse anglophone

Tanzanian journalist recounts his midnight flight from assassins

One in four African leaders has served more than 20 years

DR Congo elections: A rumbling volcano

Ten Congolese nationals arrested over illegal entry into Uganda

Mnangagwa demands US$1bn war compensation from DRC

Lungu purchases jet for $70 million plus old plane

Thousands of Congo children flee to Uganda in two months

New deputy president, finance minister announced in major Cabinet reshuffle

Kabila motorcade accident is an indictment on the Zambia Police

Congo refugees say Rwanda soldiers wound two in food protest

Zuma’s ouster mirrors powerplays elsewhere

Ramaphosa’s plan to fight corruption

Time’s up: Jacob Zuma has resigned

ADF leader Mukulu’s case set for hearing

Opposition parties plan national shutdown to force Zuma’s exit

George Soros: financier, philanthropist – and hate figure for the far right

Rwanda’s exports grew by 58% in 2017

EU offers Shs 450m for Congolese refugees in Uganda

Paradise Papers businessman in African bribery inquiry

DRC: Protesters killed in anti-Kabila protests

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