Attempted putsch in DR Congo: leader of assailants killed
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Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The leader of the assailants who attempted a coup in Kinshasa on Sunday has been [...] Full text...
DR Congo gets new Police Chief
03 april 2023 - 09:26:50Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Gen. Benjamin Alongaboni has been appointed Commissioner General of the Congolese National Police (PNC), replacing [...] Full text...
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Detained former Guinean President, Alpha Condé, released
23 april 2022 - 16:05:43Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The ruling junta in Guinea on Friday released former President Alpha Condé, who will now live [...] Full text...
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Ousted Guinea President Alpha Condé returns home after medical treatment
09 april 2022 - 12:55:29Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Ousted Guinean president, Alpha Conde, returned to Conakry on Friday after a medical stay of nearly [...] Full text...
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Former Guinean Foreign Minister Ibrahim Kalil Kaba placed under judicial control
25 march 2022 - 13:11:50Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Former Guinean Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ibrahima Kalil Kaba, was on Thursday presented to the prosecutor [...] Full text...
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Former Guinean dignitaries in court for invasion of privacy
24 march 2022 - 13:39:33Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The former Guinean Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ibrahima Kalil Kaba, and Dr. M'Bemba Kaba, personal doctor [...] Full text...
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Former DR Congo President Joseph Kabila subjected to travel ban
05 december 2020 - 18:48:54Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The flight of Joseph Kabila, Honorary President of the DRC and leader of the Common [...] Full text...
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Malian President names reduced cabinet in preparation for Government of National Unity
28 july 2020 - 09:57:52Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta on has announced a reduced cabinet following recommendations of the heads of state [...] Full text...
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ICC rejects Jean-Pierre Bemba's claim for compensation
20 may 2020 - 15:03:07Paris, France (PANA) - Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday rejected the claim for compensation [...] Full text...
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Belgian lawyer to gather testimony on violence against Tutsis in DR Congo
13 january 2020 - 14:28:42Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Belgian lawyer Bernard Maingain is due to visit Minembwe town in South Kivu, DR Congo, to [...] Full text...
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Kinshasa governor bans ‘LAMUKA’ opposition march for 30 June
28 june 2019 - 22:52:34Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The governor of the city of Kinshasa, Gentini Ngobila Mbaka, has banned the march of [...] Full text...
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Opposition leader Bemba vows to overturn DR Congo presidential election result
24 june 2019 - 00:28:38Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – Jean-Pierre Bemba, leader of DR Congo's opposition Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC), on [...] Full text...
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Jean-Pierre Bemba claims EUR 68.6 million as damages after acquittal by the ICC
12 march 2019 - 17:10:08Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Jean-Pierre Bemba, leader of the MLC, Mouvement de libération du Congo, is claiming 68.6 million euros [...] Full text...
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Congolese opposition leaders to meet in Brussels in March
10 march 2019 - 11:26:42Kinshasa, RD Congo (PANA) – A meeting of leaders of the Lamuka coalition backing the defeated candidate of the Congolese [...] Full text...
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Congo’s human right body recommends reforms to guarantee press freedom
13 february 2019 - 21:37:35Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Congolese human rights watchdog (OCDH) Wednesday in Brazzaville called for complete press freedom [...] Full text...
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French media highlight acquittal of Gbagbo and Blé Goudé by the ICC
20 january 2019 - 19:13:54Paris, France (PANA) - The French media this week highlighted the acquittal of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo and former [...] Full text...
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LEAD: DRC Constitutional Court proclaims Tshisekedi president-elect
20 january 2019 - 07:24:40Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The Constitutional Court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has proclaimed Felix Tshisekedi the president-elect based [...] Full text...
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Congolese electoral body postpones declaration of presidential poll results
05 january 2019 - 19:45:47Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) – The National Independent Electoral Commission of Congo (CENI) has postponed the announcement of the presidential [...] Full text...
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DRC ‘calm but tense’ as country awaits presidential election result
04 january 2019 - 18:53:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The post-election environment in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is “calm but tense” as [...] Full text...
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EU wants Kinshasa to lift Internet access ban
02 january 2019 - 17:12:30Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union (EU) has called on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government to lift [...] Full text...
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DR Congo candidates appeal for peaceful vote to pick Kabila's successor (By Kennedy Abwao, PANA Correspondent)
29 december 2018 - 12:10:59Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Presidential candidates in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) have appealed to their supporters [...] Full text...
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EU extends targeted sanctions against 15 persons close to DRC President Kabila
11 december 2018 - 12:04:58Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has decided to extend targeted sanctions imposed against 15 persons close to [...] Full text...
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DR Congo opposition leaders enter power-sharing agreement
24 november 2018 - 10:36:31Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The main opposition party candidates in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have signed a pre-election power-sharing [...] Full text...
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Rights group lauds arrest of CAR militia leader
19 november 2018 - 10:21:09Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Human Rights Watch says the International Criminal Court (ICC) has a new opportunity to deliver justice [...] Full text...
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Rights group says DRC opposition under assault
28 august 2018 - 07:19:32Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) – Government security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo used live ammunition and teargas to disperse [...] Full text...
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Respect for fundamental rights, freedoms key for peaceful polls in DRC – UN mission chief
28 august 2018 - 06:15:24New York, US (PANA) - Confidence and consensus around key issues are still required ahead of this year’s presidential and [...] Full text...
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Controversial DR Congo politician Bemba to return home next week
25 july 2018 - 11:53:22Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Controversial DR Congo politician Jean-Pierre Bemba has announced that he will return home on 1 August. He [...] Full text...
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Mali defence minister spots mass graves involving army
20 june 2018 - 19:14:21Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian minister of Defence and ex-combatants Tienan Coulibaly has recognised,according to an official statement [...] Full text...
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ICC launches fund to assist victims of atrocities by Bemba's militia in CAR
13 june 2018 - 19:20:44The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) is to launch an assistance fund for victims of former [...] Full text...
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ICC tribunal orders interim release of former DRC vice president Bemba
12 june 2018 - 19:03:13The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Criminal Court on Tuesday ordered the interim release under specific conditions for Mr [...] Full text...
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AI says Bemba’s acquittal blow to victims
08 june 2018 - 19:13:10Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Amnesty International (AI) on Friday decried the acquittal of Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, a former Vice-President of [...] Full text...
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'Attacks on journalists reach alarming levels in West and Central Africa'
03 may 2018 - 07:44:36Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Journalists across West and Central Africa are facing intimidation and harassment and being targeted with arrest [...] Full text...
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ICC judges order fresh sentencing for former Congolese Vice President
08 march 2018 - 17:45:33Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) Appeals Chamber has ordered a review of the 18-year sentence handed [...] Full text...
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Kenya: ICC staff linked to former Prosecutor face probe over indecent contact
06 october 2017 - 19:34:15Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) has denied having formal relations with the immediate former Chief [...] Full text...
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Congo: Media watchdogs appeal to Congo to free detained Editor
19 september 2017 - 11:19:44Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Two media watchdogs, Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Sans Frontières, have appealed to Congolese President [...] Full text...
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The Netherlands: ICC sentences Bemba to one year imprisonment, 300,000 euros
22 march 2017 - 12:06:04The Hague, The Netherlands (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague, The Netherlands, on Wednesday sentenced former [...] Full text...
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Senegal: CPJ urges Congolese authorities to release journalist
14 january 2017 - 09:29:12Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Congolese authorities should immediately release Ghys Fortuné Dombé Bemba, the editor of the privately-owned newspaper, Talassa, [...] Full text...
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UN: ICC finds DRC rebel leader, 4 others guilty of tempering witnesses
19 october 2016 - 15:26:10New York, US (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday found former Congolese Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba and [...] Full text...
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UN: ICC to deliver verdict on Bemba, others on 19 October
21 september 2016 - 20:23:23New York, US (PANA) - Trial Chamber VII of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will deliver its verdict on 19 [...] Full text...
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Senegal: Amnesty International hails jailing of DR Congo warlord Bemba
21 june 2016 - 17:22:02Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has hailed Tuesday's jailing of DR Congo warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Former Congolese VP Bemba to serve 18 years for war crimes
21 june 2016 - 14:13:39Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Former Congolese Vice President Jean Pierre Bemba has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after [...] Full text...
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UN: Ban says era of impunity for sexual violence is over
19 june 2016 - 16:28:07New York, US (PANA) - Marking the first International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, UN Secretary-General [...] Full text...
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UN: ICC to sentence CAR rebel leader on 21 June
10 june 2016 - 14:55:46New York, US (PANA) - Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday announced that it will [...] Full text...
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US: US welcomes Bemba's conviction
23 march 2016 - 11:36:19Washington, US (PANA) - The United States has welcomed the conviction at the International Criminal Court (ICC) of Jean-Pierre Bemba [...] Full text...
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US: UN welcomes ICC's first conviction for rape as war crime
23 march 2016 - 06:32:05New York, US (PANA) – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday welcomed the judgement issued by the International Criminal Court [...] Full text...
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Botswana: Botswana applauds ICC verdict on Bemba
22 march 2016 - 19:05:12Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Botswana has applauded the International Criminal Court (ICC) on its verdict against the former Vice-President of [...] Full text...
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Senegal: Rights groups hail ICC verdict against DRC rebel leader
22 march 2016 - 16:55:05Dakar, Senegal (PANA) –Rights groups under the banner of Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) have hailed the [...] Full text...
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UN: Amnesty International commends ICC verdict on DRC rebel
21 march 2016 - 16:57:06New York, US (PANA) - Amnesty International (AI) on Monday said the International Criminal Court (ICC) guilty verdict on DR [...] Full text...
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UN: ICC declares DRC rebel leader guilty of war crimes, crimes against humanity
21 march 2016 - 16:29:20New York, US (PANA) - Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday unanimously declared Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...
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UN: ICC delivers judgment on Congolese rebel leader 21 March
14 march 2016 - 15:50:01New York, US (PANA) - The Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will deliver judgment on Democratic [...] Full text...
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UN: ICC Trial Chamber to deliver judgment on CAR rebel leader on 21 March
02 february 2016 - 14:03:05New York, US (PANA) - Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday said it will deliver [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Opposition leader demands apology, retraction of story by Times of Zambia
28 december 2015 - 14:42:25Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Opposition leader of the United Party for National Development (UPND) Hakainde Hichilema, has demanded for an [...] Full text...
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Senegal: CICC hails first ICC witness tampering trial
29 september 2015 - 17:09:13Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) has hailed the first ''witness tampering trial'' at [...] Full text...
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UN: ICC recomposes trial chamber VII for Bemba's case
24 august 2015 - 19:11:41New York, US (PANA) - The Presidency of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday replaced two Judges of Trial [...] Full text...
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UN: ICC Appeals Chamber rejects interim release request of Bemba, 4 others
30 may 2015 - 05:24:43New York US (PANA) - The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday rejected an appeal for [...] Full text...
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UN: ICC opens trial for Bemba, 4 others on witnesses tampering on 29 September
23 may 2015 - 19:20:05New York, US (PANA) - The witness and evidence tampering trial of former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) opposition leader [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: ICC grants interim release to 4 suspects
22 october 2014 - 20:07:31Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – Judge Cuno Tarfusser, sole judge at the Preliminary Chamber II at the International Criminal Court [...] Full text...
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UN: ICC ends confirmation hearing on former Ivorian youth leader case
02 october 2014 - 17:33:32New York, US (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) Thursday said the confirmation of charges hearing in the case [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Former Defence Minister arrested for assault
27 may 2014 - 18:55:09Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Police in Lusaka on Tuesday arrested and charged former Defence Minister, Geoffrey Mwamba, for assaulting Collins [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Squabbles in former ruling party dominate media coverage
29 march 2014 - 10:59:00Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Wrangling among senior members of the former ruling party, Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD), dominated media [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Opposition leader in court for "defaming" President Sata
07 january 2014 - 14:10:11Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Alliance for Better Zambia leader, Father Frank Bwalya, on Tuesday appeared before a Magistrate court in [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Govt. refutes media reports on Finance Minister's resignation
06 january 2014 - 17:32:18Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia’s Information Minister Mwansa Kapeya has refuted local media reports that Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda has [...] Full text...
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Opposition leader urges Zambian president not to interfere in traditional matters
27 december 2013 - 18:05:54Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The Leader of the Opposition United Party for National Development (UPND), Hakainde Hichilema, has called on [...] Full text...
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4 men arrested for influencing witnesses linked to trial of ex-DRC official
25 november 2013 - 06:46:44New York, US (PANA) - The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) said four men have been arrested for alleged witness [...] Full text...
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ICC expresses 'deep' concern on situation in Central African Republic
07 august 2013 - 19:36:22New York, US (PANA) - The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday voiced its concern over the human rights [...] Full text...
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Crisis threatens French chapter of DRC's opposition party
06 february 2013 - 12:50:31Paris, France (PANA) - The French chapter of the DR Congo's opposition party, Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC) [...] Full text...
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'Tshisekedi will not be allowed to take oath of office'
22 december 2011 - 22:10:17Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The minister of information and spokesman of the DR Congo government, Lambert Mende, has said opposition [...] Full text...
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DRC elections: Jean-Pierre Bemba as supporters to vote for change
27 november 2011 - 14:00:48Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Ahead of Monday's presidential and legislative polls in DR Congo, leader of the Movement for the [...] Full text...
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Congo's opposition leader plots against Kabila in presidential polls
03 october 2011 - 18:31:53Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The President of Congo's Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS), Etienne Tshisekedi, has embarked on [...] Full text...
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France-based Congolese opposition group faces internal crisis
16 june 2011 - 18:39:17Paris, France (PANA) - Two militant groups are contesting legitimacy of the France-based opposition Movement for the Liberation of Congo [...] Full text...
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Jean-Pierre Bemba attends the funeral of his adoptive mother Josette Lenoir in Brussels
11 january 2011 - 22:58:29Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – DR Congo opposition leader, Jean-Pierre Bemba, who is being held at the International Criminal Court (ICC) [...] Full text...
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France-based DRC opposition party prepares for presidential polls
28 december 2010 - 16:09:22Paris, France (PANA) - The French chapter of the Liberation Movement of Congo (MLC, ppposition) Monday opened a new headquarters [...] Full text...
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ICC announces trial date for former DRC VP
21 october 2010 - 16:35:00New York- US (PANA) -- The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday said that it would commence the trial [...] Full text...
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ICC confirms case against former DR Congo VP
20 october 2010 - 20:33:00New York- US (PANA) -- The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) has confirmed that a former Vice President of the [...] Full text...
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Bemba loses bid to halt war crimes trial
19 october 2010 - 11:36:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Congolese opposition politician Jean-Pierre Bemba Tuesday lost his bid to stop a war crimes trial [...] Full text...
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Congo press focus on security in Eastern DRC, poll calendar
28 august 2010 - 12:24:00Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- The concern over violence in Eastern Democratic Repu blic of Congo and the release of [...] Full text...
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Journalist arrested, stations forced off air in DRC
29 july 2010 - 07:35:00New York- US (PANA) -- Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have arrested a journalist on criminal defamation [...] Full text...
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ICC judges delay trial of former Congolese rebel commander
25 june 2010 - 16:19:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The International Criminal Court (ICC) said Friday its panel of judges had delayed the opening [...] Full text...
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DR Congo MPs to petition Belgium over ex-rebel leader Bemba
27 april 2010 - 21:15:00Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- Several MPs from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will on Thursday petition the Belgian parliament [...] Full text...
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Jean-Pierre Bemba's party to meet in Brussels
21 december 2009 - 21:26:00Paris- France (PANA) -- The opposition Congo Liberation Movement (MLC) plans to hold an extraordinary conference in Brussels in mid-January [...] Full text...
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ICC denies Jean-Pierre Bemba temporary release
02 december 2009 - 20:24:00Kinshasa- RD Congo (PANA) -- The leader of the Congolese Liberation Movement, Jea n-Pierre Bemba, will remain in detention while [...] Full text...
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Dadis Camara appoints four new ministers in Guinea
30 october 2009 - 17:38:00Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- The head of the military junta in Guinea, Captain Dadis Moussa Camara, on Thursday appointed four [...] Full text...
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Congolese delegation gets nod to visit Jean-Pierre Bemba
04 august 2009 - 07:57:00Paris- France (PANA) -- The International Criminal Court (ICC) has granted a requ est by the opposition Congolese Liberation Movement [...] Full text...
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Jean-Pierre Bemba wants to serve his provisional release in Belgium
01 july 2009 - 22:10:00Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The International Criminal Court (ICC) has asked the Belgian government to decide before 10 July whether [...] Full text...
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International Criminal Court indicts former DR Congo leader
17 june 2009 - 00:16:00New York- US (PANA) -- The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) has confirmed charges of war crimes and crimes against [...] Full text...
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Al-Bashir’s case shows ‘no one is above the law’
03 june 2009 - 15:26:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The International Criminal Court has stressed that the w arrant for the arrest of Sudan’s President [...] Full text...
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Deputy ICC prosecutor spikes claims of tension at The Hague
18 may 2009 - 22:47:00Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Cour t (ICC) Ms. Fatou Bensouda has refuted [...] Full text...
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Warlord Lubanga's trial live on Congolese TV
27 january 2009 - 21:06:00Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- Congolese national television on Monday carried the live telecast of the trial of Congolese warlord [...] Full text...
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AU chief accuses ICC of selective justice (CORRECTED)
27 january 2009 - 15:17:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Jean Ping Tuesday launched a blistering attack on the International [...] Full text...
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Warlord Lubanga's trial live on Congolese TV
27 january 2009 - 08:55:00Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- Congolese national television on Monday carried the live telecast of the trial of Congolese warlord [...] Full text...
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Guinean junta appoints two vice-governors for Central Bank
19 january 2009 - 17:27:00Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- The head of the ruling military-civilian junta in Guine a, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, Monday appointed [...] Full text...
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'Amnesty to ex-CAR leader will not affect ICC investigations'
16 january 2009 - 11:08:00Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- Central African President Francois Bozize has said the amnesty granted former President Ange Felix Patasse does [...] Full text...
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CAR rebel leader supports dropping of legal proceedings against Bemba
12 january 2009 - 23:36:00Paris- France (PANA) -- The Coordinator of the rebel New Republican Forces (FRN) of the Central African Republic, Christophe Gazam-Betty, [...] Full text...
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Int'l Court in Hague begins hearing in DRC Bemba's case
12 january 2009 - 15:20:00Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- The International Penal Court (CPI), at the Hague, M onday opened hearing of charges against [...] Full text...
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