Anger in Congo as Kabila builds poll lead
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Hackles are rising in Congo's volatile  capital Kinshasa as incumbent President Joseph Kabila builds a  lead with results trickling in from the country's first free  elections in more than four decades.
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A strike brings the Democratic Republic of Congo capital, Kinshasa, to a standstill, with shops closed and bus drivers not working.
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Gunfire and street fights erupted outside Congo's supreme court and a blaze swept through the building Tuesday as hearings began over fraud allegations in a presidential election meant to bring lasting peace to the Central African giant.
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NAIROBI, Jan. 29 -- Just hours after an opposition lawmaker was gunned down in his driveway here, the fury that has swept over this country since last month's disputed presidential election arrived in his middle-class neighborhood.
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At least 36 people are killed in clashes  involving a DR Congo religious sect in an election dispute.
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Troops loyal to a renegade Congo general attacked army forces Tuesday in eastern Congo, re-igniting fighting after a week of relative calm in the restive region, officials said.
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Joseph Kabila, seen here on December 1, has been sworn in as the first democratically elected president of the Democratic Republic of Congo at a colourful ceremony attended by thousands of guests and seen by ...Comment
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Congo&#39;s decision to send thousands of soldiers into its volatile North Kivu province is a high-risk tactic that could exacerbate a simmering regional conflict, analysts say.
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BRUSSELS, Oct 22  - Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt sought to calm a row with the Democratic Republic of Congo Friday, voicing encouragement for the ex-colony&#39;s political transition in a call to President Joseph Kabila.
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NAIROBI, Kenya - Eastern Congo continues to be wracked by violence, UN officials said yesterday, and battles between rival militias are driving thousands of beleaguered villagers from their homes and complicating the government's efforts to strike a truce.
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Gunmen opened fire on an election rally and killed several people in Congo's volatile east, the United Nations reported Wednesday, the latest outburst of violence as the nation prepares for its first free legislative and presidential balloting in 46 years.
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World leaders urged the people of  Congo on Saturday to shun violence and embrace democracy by  voting peacefully in the country's first free multi-party  elections in 40 years.
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World leaders urged the people of  Congo on Saturday to shun violence and embrace democracy by  voting peacefully in the country's first free multi-party  elections in 40 years this weekend.
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The European Union rushed more  peacekeepers to Congo on Tuesday as the U.N. and foreign  leaders struggled to end fighting between soldiers loyal to  President Joseph Kabila and supporters of his election rival.
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U.N. peacekeepers in Congo on Monday blocked an advance against an eastern city by soldiers loyal to a renegade general as the Supreme Court prepared to deliver its verdict on a contested presidential election result.
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President Joseph Kabila's share of the vote in Congo's historic elections rose above 50 percent Saturday as 1 million more votes were counted and certified, official results showed.
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Protesting at what they insist is France's role in their nation's genocide, Rwandans from all walks of life have united in fury at calls last week by a French judge for their President Paul Kagame to be arrested.