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[73] [74] The Congo shut down the two countries' border in response to the officer's death, adding that it would open an investigation into the events. [75] As a vehicle brought back the officer's body to Goma, a crowd made up of hundreds of people followed the vehicle shouting "hero, hero" and describing President of Rwanda Paul Kagame as an ...
On 19 May 2024, an attempted coup d'état took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). [3] Targeting President Félix Tshisekedi and his Economy Minister Vital Kamerhe, the assailants attacked both the Palais de la Nation and Kamerhe's residence.
5 January – M23 rebels seize the town of Masisi, North Kivu. [1]9 January – The government bans Al Jazeera from operating in the country after the network airs an interview with M23 leader Bertrand Bisimwa the previous day.
The Congo River is the world's deepest river and the world's third-largest river by discharge. The Comité d'études du haut Congo ("Committee for the Study of the Upper Congo"), established by King Leopold II of Belgium in 1876, and the International Association of the Congo, established by him in 1879, were also named after the river. [21]
Radio Congo Belge (RCB) was created in 1940 by the general government of the Belgian Congo. After the country gained independence, Radio du Congo Belge (RCB) became Radiodiffusion Nationale Congolaise (RNC). RTNC started television broadcasts in Kinshasa on November 24, 1966, [2] three hours a day (7pm to 10pm), on VHF channel 5. [3]
"News (by country): Congo-Kinshasa". Africa South of the Sahara. USA – via Stanford University. Annotated directory "Newspapers Held in Microform: Dem. Rep. Congo" (PDF). Cooperative Africana Materials Project. United States: Center for Research Libraries. 2012.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is in the grip of a civil war that has drawn in military forces from neighboring states, with Uganda and Rwanda supporting the rebel movements that occupy much of the eastern portion of the state – Tutsi, Hutu, Lendu, Hema and other conflicting ethnic groups, political rebels, and various government forces continue fighting in Great Lakes region ...
Actualite.cd was created following the impromptu closure of Politico.cd, another political news website in the Democratic Republic of Congo.The website was launched on August 4, 2016, by the journalist Patient Ligodi, co-founder of Politico, with the aim of making a site more powerful, captivating, more responsive and more complete.