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Kerry calls for timely election in meeting with Congo's Kabila

Congo President Joseph Kabila signs the Paris Agreement on climate change at United Nations Headquarters in Manhattan, New York, U.S., April 22, 2016. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

25/04/2016

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stressed the need for timely and credible elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo during a recent meeting with President Joseph Kabila, the State Department said on Monday amid concerns by opposition groups that Kabila may be seeking to delay elections.

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Congo Republic president names one-time opposition leader as PM

Congo Republic President Denis Sassou Nguesso speaks during a news conference after his meeting with Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi at Carthage Palace in Tunis, January 22, 2015. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Anis Mili

24/04/2016

BRAZZAVILLE (Reuters) - Congo's President Denis Sassou Nguesso named former finance minister Clement Mouamba as prime minister, bringing a one-time opposition leader into the government, state television said on Saturday.

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Chad's President Deby re-elected in landslide first-round victory

Chadian President Idriss Deby addresses a news conference at the close of the 26th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) at the AU headquarters in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, January 31, 2016. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

21/04/2016

N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chad's incumbent President Idriss Deby, an important ally of the West in the fight against Islamist militants, won a fifth term in office in a lopsided first-round victory, the Central African country's elections commission announced on Thursday.

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Congo MPs want court ruling on Kabila's future if polls not held

Democratic Republic of Congo's President Joseph Kabila attends a two-day meeting of leaders from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in Pretoria, November 4, 2013. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

14/04/2016

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Supporters of Congo President Joseph Kabila want the country's highest court to rule on whether he would stay in power if his government fails to hold an election due in November, a senior ally said on Thursday.

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U.N. chief was 'inept' on peacekeeper sex abuse - key U.S. senator

U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R) participates in the Washington Ideas Forum in Washington, September 30, 2015. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

By Louis Charbonneau

13/04/2016

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on Wednesday accused United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of ineptitude for failing to halt sexual exploitation and abuse by blue-helmeted peacekeepers.

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