Foreign

Eastern Congo Conflict Worsens, Fueling Humanitarian Crisis

Ihesiulo Grace 20 February 2025 0

Fierce fighting continues to engulf eastern Congo, with clashes intensifying around a key city. International peacekeepers are among those killed, heightening concerns over the escalating violence. The conflict has already led to mass displacement, forcing thousands of civilians to flee their

News

Plane crashes in Congo, passengers and crew dead

Ihesiulo Grace 14 August 2020 0

A small plane on Thursday crashed in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo, killing all on board according to reports reaching Daily Times. The crash took place minutes before landing, the governor of the South Kivu province said on Friday. READ ALSO: 2 killed in military aeroplane crash The plane carried two passengers, two […]

World

IMF to Recommend $3.4 Billion Emergency Funding for Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 25 April 2020 0

The staff of the International Monetary Fund will recommend the approval of $3.4 billion in emergency funding to Nigeria when the lender’s executive board meets next week, according to two people with direct knowledge of the plan. The loan, scheduled to be repaid in a maximum of five years, would be the largest allocation yet by the […]

World

12 rangers killed in armed attack in national park in DRC

Ihesiulo Grace 25 April 2020 0

 Seventeen people, including 12 rangers from Virunga National Park, died in an armed attack by an unidentified armed group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), local authorities said on Friday. According to a statement by Nzanzu Kasivita Carly, governor of the eastern province of North Kivu where the attack took place, four passengers […]

News

At least 20 killed by electrocution in Congo

Ihesiulo Grace 1 April 2020 0

Brazzaville – At least 20 people were, on Wednesday, killed by electrocution after high-voltage cables came down due to lightning in Kintele on the outskirts of Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo, according to civil security sources. In the rains that fell on Brazzaville at around 5.00 a.m., lightning would have broken up the […]

News

Ebola: survivors in DCR returns to their homes

Ihesiulo Grace 11 October 2019 0

About one thousand Ebola survivors in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have returned to their homes after surviving the disease. This is just as the United Nations agencies working to stop the current Ebola outbreak DRC commended the strong leadership of the DRC health authorities and the tireless efforts of thousands of local health […]

News

Xenophobic Attack: Rwanda, DRC, Malawi withdraw from World Economic Forum

Ihesiulo Grace 4 September 2019 0

Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, Malawi, have withdrawn from the ongoing World Economic Forum, WEF in Cape Town, South Africa, over the existing Xenophobic attacks. This decision was taken on Tuesday to show solidarity over the incessant killings of Nigerians and other African Nationals and destruction of their properties in South Africa.

Sports

ICC judges order release of DR Congo’s former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba

Ihesiulo Grace 17 June 2018 0

Congo warlord acquitted of war crimes to be released After a decade behind bars, former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba is ordered free by judges at the International Criminal Court. His conviction for war crimes was overturned last week. Also, thousands of people have died in clashes between Fulani herdsmen and farmers in central Nigeria. […]

News

Ebola Outbreak: DR Congo starts giving experimental vaccine

Ihesiulo Grace 26 May 2018 0

The Democratic Republic of Congo has begun to administer an experimental vaccine to halt the spread of the Ebola virus in Mbandaka, a major transport hub that is home to more than one million people and connected by river to several other large cities. This is DRC’s ninth Ebola outbreak since 1976. The others were […]

Health

Fear Escalaltes as Ebola Kills 17 in DR Congo

Ihesiulo Grace 9 May 2018 0

A total of 17 people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo from the dreaded Ebola disease virus that made a sudden return to the country this week, escalating global anxiety over Africa’s health. Daily Times reported Tuesday of the death of two people from the disease that is reputed to spread rapidly if […]

Headlines Health

Global panic as DR Congo confirms 2 new Ebola cases

Ihesiulo Grace 9 May 2018 0

Anxiety may soon spread across countries in Africa as two new Ebola virus disease have been confirmed by a laboratory report in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to a source from the Ministry of Health on Tuesday. The Ministry source told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the two cases were confirmed by […]

Africa

U.S. ‘expresses concern’ over DR Congo’s deadly political crisis

Ihesiulo Grace 3 January 2018 0

The United States has reacted to political ongoing in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) expressing concern at what it said was disproportionate use of force by security agencies. According to agency report, the Assistant Secretary of State for Africa and the Embassy in Kinshasa also expressed worry about the disruption of communication networks. “Deeply […]

Headlines News

Buhari commends Dangote’s Congo cement plant, says firm saves Nigeria N2bn annually

Ihesiulo Grace 24 November 2017 0

… As Congolese President lauds contributions to African economy Africa’s largest cement company, Dangote Cement Plc, yesterday, formally opened its 1.5mtpa capacity cement plant in Mfila, Congo Brazzaville, amid funfare by the government and people of the Country. The opening of the plant, according to the Dangote Group, is another milestone in the effort to […]

Business

Dangote opens new cement plant in Congo on Thursday

Ihesiulo Grace 21 November 2017 0

Dangote Cement will officially open its 1.5million metric tonnes per annum capacity Cement Plant in Congo on Thursday. Constructed at a conservative cost of $500 million, the plant is expected to directly employ more than 1000 people as thousands of indirect jobs will also be created. The plant which is now the largest in Congo […]

Sports

Ghana’s World Cup hopes suffer blow in Kumasi

Ihesiulo Grace 2 September 2017 0

A late goal from Thomas Partey was not enough to ease Ghana’s woes as they remain on the cusp of seeing their 2018 FIFA World Cup hopes go up in smoke following a 1-1 draw to Congo at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi on Friday. The Black Stars have qualified for three successive World […]

Africa Crime News

DR Congo Police Abused Illegal Immigrants

Ihesiulo Grace 19 May 2015 0

Police in southern Republic of Congo used violence and subjected illegal immigrants to degrading treatment in the second phase of a crackdown that drove thousands from the country last year, the Catholic Church and a local charity said on Sunday. Congolese authorities on Thursday launched the next step in operation “Mbata ya bakolo” (“The slap […]

News

South African Court Halts Deportation of Hundreds of Immigrants

Ihesiulo Grace 13 May 2015 0

  A South Africa’s High Court has halted the deportation of hundreds of African immigrants who were arrested in the wake of the recent wave of xenophobic violence. David Cote, the lawyer for Human Rights Organisation, said that the migrants, believed to number between 280 and 400, were detained at a Johannesburg Church and in […]

Africa News

Belgian Jailed for Child Rape in DR Congo

Ihesiulo Grace 16 April 2015 0

An elderly Belgian has been sentenced to 20 years’ jail for raping two girls, aged 11 and 13, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the lawyer of one of the victims said on Tuesday. Septuagenarian Jacques Francis Bellize, whose trial began in March, was sentenced on Monday “to a total of 20 years’ imprisonment” and […]

Africa News

Obama Urges Peaceful DR Congo Elections

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2015 0

An opposition leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo has called on President Joseph Kabila to categorically state that he will not seek a third term because the constitution prohibits him to seek another term.   Martin Fayulu of the Commitment for Citizenship and Development party said the opposition also wants presidential election before local […]