La campagne pour les élections présidentielle et
législative du 28 novembre n'en est qu'à ses débuts mais des débordements ont
déjà été observés notamment dans la région du Kasaï, le fief de
l'opposition.
Some reactions to Gaddafi's death in Swahili, including
interviews from the streets of Kinshasa with the pocket camera! (OK, I must
admit, I asked the question in French).
Diamond diggers
describe horrific abuse in Angola deportation.
Authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo have offered a
reward of $100,000 (£63,000) for information leading to the capture of a top
militia leader who broke out of jail.
An opposition activist has been shot dead in Democratic
Republic of Congo during clashes with police in Kinshasa.
The border region between the Democratic Republic of
Congo, the Central African Republic and Congo-Brazzaville has seen mass
displacement of population in the past two years. Ahead of elections in
November, the DR Congo government wants its nationals to come back home, but
the refugees say they will only trust the UN refugee agency to tell them when
it is safe to do so. In many cases, the UN agencies say "not yet".
A Red Cross representative in the provincial capital
Mbandaka said he had received reports that 80 dead bodies had been found in
Ingende, the town on the Tshuapa where the accident happened.
Au moins 70 personnes ont trouvé la mort dans un accident
d'avion survenu vendredi, à Kisangani, dans le nord-est du pays.
An army colonel accused of mass rape in the eastern
Democratic Republic of Congo has surrendered to the military.
A deadly gun battle has erupted in the Democratic Republic
of Congo mining capital of Lubumbashi. President Joseph Kabila is in the town
to preside over Thursday's Independence Day ceremonies. Reports indicate that a
military depot was the focus of the assault, but officials deny this.
The Democratic Republic of Congo
boasts half of Africa's rainforests and is seeking hundreds of millions of
dollars in international assistance to protect them. Campaigners say the
forests are at risk from a combination of weak enforcement of environmental
regulations, poverty and corruption.
Simon Kesangana used to be an assistant nurse in a
hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but he gave up his poorly paid
job to become a lumberjack.
Representatives of 18 rainforest countries have met to
strengthen co-operation between the three main forest regions in the world.
A $600m (£368m) project to revamp the Democratic Republic
of Congo's decrepit railway network within four years has been launched in the
capital, Kinshasa.
A study by US scientists has concluded that an average of
48 women and girls are raped every hour in the Democratic Republic of
Congo.
Violence is still simmering in the Ituri region following
years of ethnic divide.A propos de l'auteur/About the author
Thomas Hubert est correspondant de la BBC à Kinshasa, RD Congo. Il a auparavant travaillé comme pigiste au Congo et en Europe. Ce blog présente une sélection de ses travaux et des notes sur la vie quotidienne à Kinshasa.
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Thomas Hubert is the BBC's correspondent in Kinshasa, DR Congo. He was previously a freelance journalist in Congo and in Europe. This blog showcases a selection of his stories and some notes on daily life in Kinshasa.
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