4 die in UN helicopter crash in DR Congo
The four-member crew of a helicopter belonging to the UN was killed when the chopper crashed into a hill in Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province, a UN military spokesman said Sunday.
The four-member crew of a helicopter belonging to the UN was killed when the chopper crashed into a hill in Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province, a UN military spokesman said Sunday.
The UN Security Council has slapped sanctions on M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and their alleged Rwandan allies the FDLR, diplomats said Monday.
A new report by Canadian researchers challenges the widespread belief that rape is increasingly being used as a “weapon of war.”
Homes and buildings collapsed in the Congolese capital after an arms depot exploded Sunday, killing at least 206 people and entombing countless others in crushed structures including inside two churches that buckled while parishioners were celebrating Mass, officials and witnesses said.
The Democratic Republic of Congo held national elections Monday after a campaign marred by violence, including clashes Saturday in which at least two people died.
At least 46 people died when a plane crashed as it attempted to land in heavy rain in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Friday, the air company said.
