Congolese army says it has foiled a coup attempt | AP News
WEBMay 19, 2024 · KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s army said it foiled a coup attempt early Sunday and arrested the perpetrators, including several foreigners, following attacks on the presidential palace and the residence of a close ally of Congo’s president that left three people dead in the capital, Kinshasa.
DR Congo jailbreak turns deadly at Makala Prison in Kinshasa - BBC
WEBSep 3, 2024 · An attempt by inmates to break out of a high-security prison in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshasa, has led to the deaths of 129 people, the authorities say.
Three Americans are accused of trying to overthrow Congo's …
WEB6 days ago · From left, Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun, Marcel Malanga and Tyler Thompson, all American citizens, attend a court verdict in Kinshasa, Congo, on Friday on charges of taking part in a coup attempt ...
3 Americans implicated in a coup attempt in ... - Associated Press News
WEBJun 8, 2024 · The military trial of 51 suspects, including three Americans, accused of being involved in a coup attempt in Congo last month has opened in the country's capital of Kinshasa.
Kinshasa - BBC News
WEB18 Feb 2021. Mysterious metal monolith destroyed by Congo mob. People set fire to a big shiny pillar that appeared in Kinshasa sparking fears over its origins. Africa. All the latest content...
At least 129 killed during mass prison break attempt in DR Congo
WEBSep 3, 2024 · Prisoners tried to break out en masse from the Makala Central Prison in the capital, Kinshasa, at around 2 a.m. local time (9 p.m. ET) on Monday, Interior Minister Jacquemain Shabani Lukoo...
Questions swirl around attempted jailbreak in ... - Associated Press News
WEBSep 5, 2024 · KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Families of those killed in what authorities called an attempted jailbreak in Congo’s biggest prison are demanding answers from the government as activists denounce what they say are inhumane conditions in the nation’s overcrowded penitentiaries.
Americans involved in foiled deadly coup, DR Congo military says
WEBMay 20, 2024 · CNN — American citizens were involved in an attempted coup d’état that left at least three people dead on Sunday in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a military spokesperson told CNN Monday.
DR Congo floods: Chaos in Kinshasa as river rises to near-record ... - BBC
WEBJan 12, 2024 · Floods have wreaked chaos in Kinshasa - the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo - with water pouring into homes and residents navigating submerged roads via canoe.
U.N. peacekeeping mission says staff, vehicles attacked in …
WEBKINSHASA, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo said its staff and vehicles were attacked in the capital Kinshasa on Saturday as a...