Clashes leave Congo court on fire
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DR Congo's Supreme Court is on fire following protests over alleged fraud in the presidential run-off.
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Congolese forces used excessive force in  fierce street battles in Kinshasa last March during which  around 300 people were killed, including civilians, a United  Nations human rights investigation concluded on Friday.
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Supporters of Congolese former rebel  chief Jean-Pierre Bemba attacked the Supreme Court on Tuesday,  which was set ablaze as they rioted to protest against results  showing he had lost a presidential election.
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Gunfire echoed through the streets of Port-Au-Prince on Thursday as supporters of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide battled police whom residents have accused of executing at least 13 people two days earlier.
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A fire breaks out at the party headquarters of DR Congo opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba.
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Angry residents have set fire to dozens of heaps of rubbish in a worsening dispute with the authorities.
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Police in Congo&#039;s capital fired tear gas Tuesday to break up stone-throwing demonstrators who were alleging electoral irregularities ahead of the country&#039;s first presidential vote in four decades.
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GOMA, Congo  - Renegade Congolese General Laurent Nkunda said on Friday the Congolese army had attacked his position, breaking a fragile ceasefire negotiated by United Nations mediators in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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President Joseph Kabila called on Congo's citizens Friday to shun violence during this weekend's historic elections, telling thousands of cheering supporters that their votes can bring peace to the Central African country. But unrest continued ahead of Sunday's vote, with a presidential candidate claiming one his armed guards died and another was injured when Kabila's security forces fired on them.
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The second round of DR Congo's landmark elections is thrown into confusion after a Supreme Court ruling.
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Clashes worsen between the army and rebels in eastern DR Congo, as the UN relief chief fears for civilians.
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A major confrontation between the Congolese Army and a renegade Tutsi general is plunging the country back toward war.
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GOMA, DR Congo  - Thousands of civilians yesterday fled clashes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, amid Western concern over conflicting claims about whether Rwandan troops are operating in the area.
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Fierce fighting Saturday in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo among local militias, the army and rebels loyal to a renegade general forced thousands to flee, the UN and Congolese army said.
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GOMA, Congo -- Thousands of civilians have fled their homes after clashes in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said yesterday, although it was unclear who was behind the violence.
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Clashes follow the verdict on the owners of a shopping complex in Paraguay where fire killed 350 in 2004.
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RIVAL factions in Congoâs postwar army fought gun battles on the vast nationâs eastern border with Rwanda yesterday, killing several people, a top military official said.