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Overcrowded stadium crush kills 11 people in Congo

Overcrowded stadium crush kills 11 people in Congo

Eleven people were killed on Saturday, including two police officers, in a crush at an overcrowded stadium concert in Kinshasa headlined by Congolese singer Fally Ipupa, the interior minister said. The capital's Stadium of Martyrs …

Congo Republic becomes OPEC oil cartel's newest member

Congo Republic becomes OPEC oil cartel's newest member

Congo Republic, one of Africa’s major oil producers, has joined the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), OPEC said in a statement on Friday, Reuters reported. Congo’s membership was approved during a …

Three more countries applied to join OPEC

Three more countries applied to join OPEC

Congo, Chad and Malaysia have filed applications to join the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Equatorial Guinea’s Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima said. …

Captured Georgian pilot dies in Congo

Captured Georgian pilot dies in Congo

The Georgian pilot Soso Osorauli, captured by members of the illegal armed formation of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), died in May this year, the M23 leader Bertrand Bisimwa said in an interview with the …