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The Latest Breaking News from Kinshasa

Morocco Snatch Equalizer to Take Advantage in World Cup Playoff

Substitute Tarik Tissoudali scored minutes after coming on to earn Morocco a 1-1 draw away against the Democratic Republic of Congo in the first leg of their World Cup playoff in Kinshasa. Tissoudali fired home in the 76th minute at the end of a counter attack in a rare foray…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ghana feels the heat of rising inflation

Ethnic clashes leave at least 17 people dead in Sudan's Darfur region. Observers blame Arab militias for launching the attacks to settle land and livestock disputes. And the cost of living for Ghanaians is at its highest in almost six years. The increasing price of basic goods such as water…

France 24

Kenya’s incumbent President Kenyatta endorses long-time rival Raila Odinga

In tonight's edition: Kenya's incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta is backing his long-time rival Raila Odinga in the upcoming election. And opposition parties in South Africa protest the budget and World Bank loans. Finally, we head to Kinshasa, where Congolese rumba, which emerged in the 1940's, is still being celebrated today.

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Turkey's Erdogan continues his tour of West Africa, with security and investment on the agenda

Turkey's latest diplomatic drive in Africa continues to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau, after several bilateral cooperation agreements were signed between Kinshasa and Ankara during a brief visit by Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the DRC on Sunday.

Radio France Internationale

UN court orders Uganda to pay DR Congo €285 million in war damages

The UN's top court has ordered Uganda to pay the Democratic Republic of Congo 285 million euros over a war two decades ago. The sum represents just a fraction of what Kinshasa originally demanded.

Radio France Internationale

Congo bids painful farewell to victims of snapped power cable

The velodrome in Kinshasa's Kintambo neigbourhood rang out with howls of disbelief on Friday, as thousands gathered to say farewell to the 25 people killed when a high-voltage power cable snapped last week in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital.

Reuters

High-voltage power cable snaps in Kinshasa market, killing 26

Twenty-six people died after a high-tension power cable snapped and fell on houses and a market on the outskirts of the Congolese capital Kinshasa on Wednesday, the government said.

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Dozens killed in DR Congo market by high-voltage cable

Videos circulating on social media showed bodies slumped near market stalls with their legs immersed in muddy water.

Al Jazeera

Two men playing draughts on an abandoned train: Gosette Lubondo’s best photograph

‘Both of the people on this train in Kinshasa are me. I superimposed myself because I can’t afford models’

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