In the eastern Congolese town of Rwampara, silence hung heavy over the general hospital as healthcare workers in full protective suits carried bodies into disinfected coffins.
READ MOREFor thousands of displaced families, returning home will depend on lasting peace and improved security in their communities.
A M23 rebel group spokesperson downplayed concerns about the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a team from the World Health Organisation visited a treatment centre in Nyiragongo Tuesday.
Fighters from the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group have withdrawn from several areas of the violence-plagued eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the group, locals and the military told AFP on Monday.
Hundreds of terrified residents fled northern neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince over the weekend, scattering along the road to Haiti’s main airport as relentless gang clashes pushed yet another wave of families from their homes.
Uganda and the Democratic Republic are looking to strenghten their cooperation with the signing of six new bilateral agreements on Monday.
President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation this evening following the Constitutional Court’s judgment on the Phala Phala matter.
ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has called a special meeting of the national executive committee to dissect the Constitutional Court’s verdict in the Phala Phala saga.
Parliament will establish an impeachment committee to investigate President Cyril Ramaphosa over the Phala Phala scandal.
As criticism from other African countries intensifies, President Cyril Ramaphosa has reiterated that South Africa is not xenophobic, insisting that recent attacks on foreign nationals do not reflect the views of the government or broader society.
The recent terrorist rocket attacks launched by the Algeria-backed Polisario armed militias from the buffer zone on Moroccan Saharan city Smara are the third of their kind after the blasts that rocke
Zawiya Oil Refining Company has announced on May 10 the resumption of normal operations at all its facilities following the restoration of calm in and around the refinery area since Friday evening,in
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