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News of Congo
Kanda could only get short-term contract at Ahli
Ahli are still pondering signing DR Congo international Deo Kanda despite being with the club for over two weeks now. Kanda, 23, has been on trial at the African champions since the beginning of April but has yet to convince the club's management. “It is more likely that Kanda will be offered a (...)

23 - 04 - 2013
TP Mazembe rout Centre Chiefs in African Champions League
TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo qualified for the African Champions League round of 16 after hammering Botswana's Centre Chiefs 6-0 in Lubumbashi on Sunday to complete a 7-0 aggregate win. Zambian midfielder Rainford Kalaba opened the scoring after six minutes and forward Tresor (...)

07 - 04 - 2013
Ahli to increase penalty practice for Leopards
Ahli manager Hossam Al-Badri conceded his team will have to do better from the spot ahead of Saturday's African Super clash against Leopards of Congo. Despite beating Bani Suef Telephones 2-0 on Tuesday, The Reds missed twice from the spot, with defender Wael Gomaa and midfielder Abdullah Al-Saied (...)

19 - 02 - 2013
ICC rejects appeal against release of Congolese
Judges at the International Criminal Court have rejected an appeal by prosecutors against the release of a Congolese man acquitted this week of leading rebel fighters responsible for massacring some 200 villagers in eastern Congo. Mathieu Ngudjolo was cleared Tuesday of charges including murder, (...)

20 - 12 - 2012
Congo coach Wallemme resigned to focus on Auxerre job
Jean-Guy Wallemme has resigned as coach of Congo, saying he is unable to combine the job with his role in charge of French Ligue 2 club AJ Auxerre. His decision to step down came after he was criticised following Auxerre's home loss at the weekend after the 45-year-old Frenchman had spent a week (...)

25 - 10 - 2012
Ghana's Chelsea rubbish bribery rumours
Ghanaian side Berekum Chelsea rubbish Tunisian media reports that Congolese TP Mazembe offered them a bribe to put them in the lead in the CAF Champions Group B match. "Our attention has been drawn to a publication by a Tunisian news portal that TP Mazembe officials offered to bribe Berekum Chelsea (...)

17 - 09 - 2012
Zamalek to play Petrojet in friendly prior to Ahly showdown
Zamalek are to play a friendly match against Petrojet prior to their African Champions League match against Ahly on 16 August, Whites coach Jorvan Vieira said Thursday. The squad began a training camp on Thursday, one day later than planned because some players had been suffering from (...)

06 - 09 - 2012
Ahly's Soliman doubtful for Champions League game at Mazembe
Ahly's winger Walid Soliman is doubtful for Sunday's African Champions League game at TP Mazembe of the DR Congo after suffering a bout of influenza, the club said on Friday. “The club's medical team is doing its best to get Soliman ready for the game. He is undergoing intensive treatment,” Ahly (...)

31 - 08 - 2012
Zamalek hire Tarek Yehia as new coach
Zamalek management have reached an agreement with Maqassa coach Tarek Yehia to be in charge of the club team from the beginning of the coming season. "Mamdouh Abbas [Zamalek president] asked me to coach Zamalek and I agreed" Yehia told Ahram Arabic portal on Saturday."I am waiting for the official (...)

04 - 08 - 2012
Shikabala expected in training – Zamalek
Zamalek's beleaguered star Shikabala has been ordered to train despite being banned by the club, assistant coach Ismail Youssef said. Shikabala has been out since his infamous rift with manager Hassan Shehata, who decided not to include his top player in next season's roster. He has been missing (...)

24 - 07 - 2012
UN Women launches online consultation service
The United Nations is giving local stakeholders from around the world a chance to speak up in an online conversation about gender-based violence. “With our combined efforts we can achieve great things," said UN Women chief, Michelle Bachelet. Today, the United Nations (UN) organization dedicated to (...)

24 - 07 - 2012
Derby defeat undeserved – Shehata
Zamalek manager Hassan Shehata is satisfied with his team's performance as he believes that the 1-0 Champions League defeat to Ahli was undeserved. Shehata's men conceded a 79th minute Mohamed Abou-Treika goal to lose their second consecutive Champions League match after missing a number of chances (...)

23 - 07 - 2012
Cardiff University sews kittens eyelids shut, sparking anger
The experiments at Cardiff University have been described by animal rights activists and campaigners as “cruel.” The experiments in question used young kittens who had their eyes sewn shut and newborn kitties raised in complete darkness. The British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) (...)

22 - 07 - 2012
CAF okays new Mazembe Stadium for CL matches
TP Mazembe will be allowed to hold their home African Champions League games at their new stadium in Lubumbashi, CAF said. “We would like to inform you that the match in question will take place at TP Mazembe stadium in Lubumbashi,'' read a CAF letter sent to the DR Congo club. The new 14,500-seat (...)

10 - 07 - 2012
DR Congo Warlord Thomas Lubanga Sentenced To 14 Years
Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga has been sentenced to 14 years in jail for recruiting and using child soldiers in his rebel army in 2002 and 2003. Taking into account time in custody, he will now serve a further eight years. In March, he became the first person to be convicted by the International (...)

10 - 07 - 2012
Mazembe opener very tough, admits Al-Badri
Ahli boss Hossam Al-Badri admitted that his side will face a very tough job in the Champions League group stage opener against DR Congo giants Mazembe next week. “It's going to be a very difficult one. Mazembe is a very tough team and have a good reputation on the continent," Al-Badri told (...)

03 - 07 - 2012
Dominique facing fine for silly red card
Striker Dominique da Silva is set to be fined by Ahli for picking up a red card after his side's 3-1 Champions League victory over Stade Malien. The Mauritanian frontman engaged in a scuffle with the Malian side's goalkeeper after the final whistle of the round of 16 return leg, a row that (...)

15 - 05 - 2012
Baby gorilla rescued from poachers in Congo
An infant gorilla that was rescued from poachers last week is now on his way to recovery at the Virunga National Park. The baby gorilla was rescued in an undercover operation where rangers from the park posed as potential buyers seeking to purchase a baby gorilla. Police from the Democratic (...)

19 - 10 - 2011
New fiction thriller ‘Primacy' looks at animal rights
Debut fiction author J. E. Fishman has crafted an heart-pounding and appealing novel, Primacy, that thrusts readers into one of the biggest debates of our time: How should humans treat animals? “While it is difficult to know exactly how many animals will be experimented on in animal research (...)

29 - 09 - 2011
Mulumbu announces decision to quit DR Congo...again
DR Congo and West Bromwich Albion player Youssouf Mulumbu sent a letter to his country's football federation on Thursday announcing his international retirement in order to focus on his club career. “It is with regret that I announce my decision to retire from international football effective (...)

22 - 09 - 2011
Millions of children reached in UN-run anti-measles vaccination in DR Congo
Some 3.1 million children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been vaccinated against measles in a United Nations-coordinated campaign to combat the disease outbreak which has claimed the lives of 1,145 children since the start of this year. The measles epidemic affected a total (...)

27 - 07 - 2011
UNICEF chief: Protection for DR Congo's children
The head of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today condemned violence against children in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where youngsters face multiple challenges, including sexual abuse, conscription into armed groups and lack of education and health (...)

06 - 03 - 2011
DR Congo rape conviction is first step on road to justice
Amnesty International has urged authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to step up reforms to its justice system following the conviction of a military general for crimes against humanity. Lieutenant Colonel Kibibi Mutware was sentenced to 20 years in jail for ordering an (...)

24 - 02 - 2011
Moroccan champions fire French coach Garzitto
Garzitto, 60, took over at the former African champions in October but was sacked after what the club said were a series of indifferent results. Wydad lie sixth in the Moroccan league, six points behind the leaders with a game in hand. Garzitto took TP Mazembe Englebert of the Democratic (...)

02 - 01 - 2011
Esperance fire coach Benzerti
Tunisian website Barcha Sport reported that Esperance president Hamdi Medeb wanted to fire its coach Fawzi Benzerti right after the CAF Champions League debacle but opted to wait until the league break. Esperance was crushed two weeks ago by DR Congo TP Mazembe 6-1 on aggregate in the final to (...)

29 - 11 - 2010
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