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Police arrest 30 protesters after Congo riot causes fire

Sat, 29 Feb 2020 12:07:55 +0100

Paris police arrested dozens of protesters on Friday who burnt scooters and bins outside a concert venue hosting a Congolese singer they accuse of giving a voice to the Kinshasa regime.

France freezes assets of Congolese general

Sun, 04 Feb 2018 17:23:25 +0100

France has frozen the financial assets of a Congolese general placed on the UN's sanctions list for supporting a massacre of civilians by a suspected militia in 2014 and 2015, according to a notice published on Sunday.

Congo ruler resists probe into luxury French homes

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:54:00 +0200

Congolese leader Denis Sassou Nguesso said this week that France's justice system had no right to probe his alleged ill-gotten gains, following a meeting with French counterpart Francois Hollande.

Congo causes tension at Francophone summit

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:43:00 +0200

Canadian Premier Stephen Harper defended his attendance at the Francophonie summit in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday while slamming the country's failure to abide by "democratic standards."

Parisian boy tortured to death for being a 'witch'

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:59:00 +0100

A 15-year-old boy from Paris was tortured and drowned on Christmas Day by his relatives after they accused him of practising witchcraft, a British court heard on Thursday.