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Joseph Kabila Kabange (known commonly as Joseph Kabila, born June 4, 1971) is a Congolese politician who has been President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since January 2001. He took office ten days after the assassination of his father, President Laurent-Désiré Kabila.
Read More at Wikipedia ›Fighting resumed Friday in eastern Congo between the army and a group of ex-soldiers who left the military to form a new rebel group, an army spokesman said, ending three years of relative peace in this nation periodically upended by war.
The defections and violence started last month, after soldiers who were formally rebels from the Tutsi ethnic group linked to Gen. Bosco Ntaganda claimed that they weren't being paid and that the government had failed to hold up their end of a three-year-old peace deal that integrated them into the army.The military launched an offensive against the mutineers on April 29. They then called for a five-day cease-fire which ended Wednesday, in an attempt to lure the defectors back into the regular ranks. Several dozen returned, but the core group of fighters maintains that it will keep fighting."Since last night we have been fighting the mutineers, who attacked one of our positions in the zone of Runyoni near the border with Rwanda," military spokesman Maj...Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme berated the king's son in front of parliament Thursday, saying Prince Laurent should take government advice on trips in the futur...
Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme berated the king's son in front of parliament Thursday, saying Prince Laurent should take government advice on trips in the futur...
WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — Civil rights activists said Monday that Congo's official investigation into the death of a human rights campaigner looks like a cover-up.In ...
A spokesman for President Joseph Kabila says that the Congolese leader is calling for the arrest of warlord Bosco Ntaganda, who is wanted by the International Crimin...
In a marked turnaround, Congo's president called Wednesday for the arrest of a notorious ex-warlord who has been serving in the country's army despite an internation...
Police opened fire Tuesday on opposition protesters and at least one person was killed, officials said of pre-election violence in Congo's capital of Kinshasa.Tuesda...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A draft U.N. report says the Rwandan army that ended the 1994 slaughter of more than 500,000 people retaliated with barbaric killings in Congo tw...
Armed gunmen also wielding machetes attacked Congo's presidential residence Sunday, and at least nine people were killed during nearly an hour of gunfire, a witness ...
Officials arrested Congo's former rural development minister as part of a government campaign against corruption, an aide to the minister said Wednesday.Philippe Und...
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congolese politicians say the date set for 2011 presidential elections is unconstitutional.Opposition senator Moise Nyarugabo said Tuesday the...
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A United Nations official in Congo says the first group of U.N. peacekeepers scheduled to withdraw from the chaotic Central African country is...
Congolese government troops are raping, killing and looting civilians in the same area of eastern Congo where militias carried out mass rapes over two months ago, a ...
A Congolese general already sought on an international arrest warrant for his alleged use of child soldiers during an earlier conflict has forcibly recruited another...
Fighting resumed Friday in eastern Congo between the army and a group of ex-soldiers who left the military to form a new rebel group, an army spokesman said, ending ...
Congo's president has appointed the nation's finance minister as prime minister.President Joseph Kabila announced late Wednesday that Augustin Matata Ponyo would be ...
A group of Congolese soldiers who created a rebel group after defecting from the army have no intention of laying down their weapons despite an ultimatum from the go...
When gunfire broke out in her home area in eastern Congo, Annie Kabeja joined a wave of thousands fleeing the area and walked for two days with her two children towa...
Congo's president has named his new government some five months after he won a contentious election.President Joseph Kabila late Saturday announced 28 ministers. Mos...
Fighting resumed Friday in eastern Congo between the army and a group of ex-soldiers who left the military to form a new rebel group, an army spokesman said, ending ...
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