| DR Congo Decries Loss of Favored US Trade Status | |
VOA News - December 22, 2010 | |
![]() | The Democratic Republic of Congo is criticizing the loss of its status as a favored U.S. trading partner. An order from President Barack Obama Tuesday stripped the DRC of its status as a beneficiary of the African Growth and Opportunity Act. |
| TP Mazembe Return Home to Heroes' Welcome | |
Congo News Agency - December 19, 2010 | |
![]() | TP Mazembe returned home to a heroes' welcome on Sunday evening as thousands of fans streamed the streets of Lubumbashi to greet the team. The fans were grateful for an epic year in which the DR Congo side made history by becoming the first team from outside Europe or South America to reach the final of the FIFA Club World Cup and the first to successfully defend its Africa Champions League title twice. |
| Eto'o leads award winners, Kaluyituka awarded Silver Ball | |
Fifa.com - December 18, 2010 | |
![]() | Samuel Eto’o’s status as one of the world’s foremost footballers was strengthened this evening when he was named as the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2010's oustanding player. Dioko Kaluyituka and Andres D'Alessandro were also honoured with the adidas Silver and Bronze Balls respectively. |
| Inter Milan defeats TP Mazembe to win FIFA Club World Cup | |
Fifa.com - December 18, 2010 | |
![]() | FC Internazionale Milano have won the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2010, maintaining Europe’s recent stranglehold on the title with a convincing 3-0 win over TP Mazembe Englebert at Abu Dhabi’s Zayed Sports City Stadium. |
| Kaluyituka: We're not here by accident | |
Fifa.com - December 17, 2010 | |
![]() | Alain Kaluyituka may not yet be a household name outside his home continent, but keen observers of African football have been aware of his goalscoring exploits for TP Mazembe Englebert for some time now. However, given the rate at which the Congolese forward’s star is rising, it may not be long before he is a household name the world over. |
| Fifa boss Sepp Blatter hails TP Mazembe feat | |
BBC Sport - December 17, 2010 | |
![]() | Fifa chief Sepp Blatter says TP Mazembe's place in the Club World Cup final shows how Africa is progressing. "Mazembe is going to write a new page of football history [on Saturday], with an African team in the final for the first time," he said. |
| Great Lakes Regional Summit to Focus on Congo Resource Exploitation | |
VOA News - December 15, 2010 | |
![]() | Eleven heads of state and government are to meet Wednesday in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, at a Great Lakes regional summit to look at the problem of illegal exploitation of natural resources in eastern Congo and the negative consequences this has had for the region. |
| TP Mazembe make history, reach FIFA Club World Cup final | |
Fifa.com - December 14, 2010 | |
![]() | TP Mazembe Englebert have produced the biggest shock in the history of the FIFA Club World Cup, beating Sport Club Internacional 2-0 to become the first team from outside Europe and South America to qualify for the final. Goals from Mulota Kubangu and Dioko Kaluyituka secured arguably the greatest ever win by an African club, stunning the South American champions and leaving Mazembe just 90 minutes from becoming world champions. |
| Companies Struggle in Conflict Mineral Index | |
VOA News - December 14, 2010 | |
![]() | A new U.S. report ranking companies on their efforts to stop the use of so-called conflict minerals from eastern Congo in electronic devices shows lots of improvement is needed. The U.S.-based Enough Project is ranking industry leaders in consumer electronics products that use tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold in their components. The U.S.-based Enough Project is ranking industry leaders in consumer electronics products that use tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold in their components. |
| TP Mazembe into FIFA Club World Cup semifinals | |
BBC Sport - December 10, 2010 | |
![]() | African champions TP Mazembe are through to the semi-finals of the Fifa Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi. The DR Congo side beat Pachuca of Mexico 1-0 in their quarter-final on Friday. They will now go forward to meet the South American champions Internacional of Brazil in the semis on Tuesday. |
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