NNPA NEWSWIRE — Before a packed venue of over 2,000, from various African countries, including South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Congo, Tanzania, Liberia, Kenya, Cameroon, Somalia, and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I shook hands with a 13 year-old-boy whose mother told him to make eye contact and shake hands firmly. Even in the midst...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “This report should serve as a wakeup call to the world. We won’t meet the [Sustainable Development Goals] SDGs with 40% of girls...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — You can travel to any nation within Africa and there will be one thing that is constant: China trading interests and influence is...
SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES — "Wartime rape and the assault on women in everyday life cannot be compared but they both point to the subservient, vulnerable place...
MIKE CORDER, Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Prosecutors on Wednesday accused a Congo militia leader known as “The Terminator” of overseeing brutal atrocities including...
SALEH MWANAMILONGO, Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s government is bringing in outside experts to investigate the long-term impact of some $6.7 billion in contracts...
Carley Petesch, ASSOCIATED PRESS DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Members of an armed militia raped women en masse in Congo earlier this month after attacking and...
CARA ANNA, Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo is planning to go ahead and take action against a rebel group...
(BBC) – At least four people have been killed in protests in the Democratic Republic of Congo calling for President Joseph Kabila to step down next...
Aaron Ross, REUTERS KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Security forces fired live rounds and tear gas at rock-throwing protesters in Democratic Republic of...
Aaron Ross, REUTERS KINSASHA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters)—Tens of thousands of civilians are likely to be forced to flee their homes during a planned...
SALEH MWANAMILONGO, Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The widow of Patrice Lumumba, Congo’s first prime minister whose assassination more than 50 years ago made him...
(BBC.com—A three-month Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has ended after claiming at least 49 lives, the country’s health minister says. Felix Kabange...
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Officials say nearly 40,000 Congolese citizens have been deported from neighboring Republic of Congo because they did not have immigration papers. Kinshasa...
(Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday called on Rwanda to end support for M23 rebels in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, saying there was evidence Rwandan...
by Richard B. Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call Seeking partners, seeking progress Wives of presidents and government ministers attend major health summit...
(Reuters) – In her first seven months as U.N. envoy on sexual violence in conflict, Zainab Hawa Bangura has visited a Congolese district where rebels raped...
