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KISANGANI, Congo -- The six barges were covered with rust, and tattered laundry flapped across their bows. But the people of Kisangani didn't seem to mind as they rushed to the banks of the Congo ...
By Chris Simpson in Kisangani. Hostilities are over in Kisangani, and the Rwandan and Ugandan troops who did battle there recently have official left. Yet many local residents believe the problems are ...
The trial of Congo’s former Minister of Justice Constant Mutamba has been postponed for two weeks after its opening hearing ...
Its capture puts the rebels within 400 km (250 miles) of Kisangani, which is the country's fourth-biggest city and has a bustling port at the Congo River's farthest navigable point upstream of the ...
Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Timezone : Africa/Lubumbashi: Kisangani Airport Timezone : GMT +02:00 hours: Current time and date at Kisangani Airport is 04:21:54 AM (CAT) on Tuesday, ...
Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo — An unstable power grid puts homes and businesses at risk for electrical fires, but residents must fight the blazes with ineffective, makeshift methods. ...
The Congolese armed group, M23, had already seized control of large swathes of eastern DR Congo, but it had not stated its intent to advance on Kisangani. “Our people of Kisangani, we are coming ...
The town of about 15,000 people sits about 125 km (80 miles) northwest of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's largest city Goma, which the rebels seized in January, and puts them within 400 km ...