| Esperance aim to overturn Mazembe in Champs League | |
BBC Sport - November 12, 2010 | |
![]() | Esperance still harbour hopes of winning the African Champions League, despite a 5-0 deficit to TP Mazembe going into the second leg of the final. The game will be played in Rades, near Tunis, on Saturday evening. Mazembe, from DR Congo, are favourites to retain their continental title and qualify for the Fifa Club World Cup. |
| CAF reveal nominees for 2010 Player of the Year | |
Cafonline.com - November 6, 2010 | |
![]() | The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Saturday revealed the nominees for the 2010 Player of the Year award and 2010 African based Player of the Year award. The contenders for the African-based Player of the Year are: Ahmed Hassan (Al-Ahly and Egypt), Oussama Darragi (Esperance and Tunisia), Alain Kaluyituka Dioko (TP Mazembe and DR Congo), Michael Eneramo (Esperance and Nigeria) and Mohamed Nagy ‘Gedo’ (Al-Ahly and Egypt). |
| 2010 Human Development Report analyses long-term development trends | |
UNDP - November 4, 2010 | |
![]() | Despite often severe adversities, many African countries have made often overlooked progress in recent decades. However, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Zimbabwe are the only countries with lower Human Development Index values today than in 1970, due to the deadly combination of conflict and AIDS driving down life expectancy. |
| Mazembe destroy Esperance in Champions League final | |
BBC Sport - October 31, 2010 | |
![]() | Esperance were no match for TP Mazembe of DR Congo who thrashed the Tunisians 5-0 in the first leg of the final of the Champions League on Sunday. e emphatic victory in Lubumbashi kept alive TP Mazembe's hopes of retaining the title. |
| Expulsions mark rising tensions over resources | |
IRIN - October 28, 2010 | |
![]() | Angola's "very violent" expulsion of about 200 Democratic Republic of Congo nationals from its territory this month is a sign of the increasing "bad blood" between the neighbours that analysts believe revolves around border demarcations and conflicting claims to resources, particularly oil. |
| Pope names 24 new Cardinals | |
Radio Vatican - October 20, 2010 | |
![]() | Pope Benedict XVI has convoked a special consistory for the creation of 24 new cardinals. The Holy Father made the announcement at the end of his Wednesday audience. Speaking to over 40 thousand people in an autumnal St Peter’s Square, Pope Benedict announced the names of the 24 men whom he will elevate to the College of Cardinals on November 20 next. They include Mgr. Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Archbishop of Kinshasa. |
| ICC Dismisses Jean-Pierre Bemba's Appeal on Admissibility of His Case | |
ICC - October 19, 2010 | |
![]() | the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court confirmed the decision of Trial Chamber III entitled “Decision on the Admissibility and Abuse of Process Challenges” and dismissed Mr Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo’s appeal against this decision. This judgment confirms that the case against Mr Bemba is admissible. |
| Women March against Sexual Violence in Eastern Congo | |
Congo News Agency - October 17, 2010 | |
![]() | First Lady Olive Lembe Kabila led a march by thousands of women through the streets of Bukavu, in eastern Congo, on Sunday. They were marching against the sexual violence – and violence in general – that has plagued the region, where rape has been used as a weapon of war by armed groups for years. |
| Congo Defense Minister Rejects UN Allegations against Army | |
Congo News Agency - October 17, 2010 | |
![]() | During a press conference held in Kinshasa on Saturday, Defence Minister Charles Mwando Nsimba expressed outrage at the remarks made by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Margot Wallström, before the UN Security Council on Thursday. |
| TP Mazembe Reach Second Consecutive CAF Champions League Final | |
Congo News Agency - October 16, 2010 | |
![]() | TP Mazembe have reached the CAF Champions league finals after drawing 0-0 with JS Kabylie at the November 1st, 1954 stadium in Tizi Ouzou on Saturday. The defending champions advance thanks to their 3-1 win at the Stade de la Kenya in Lubumbashi on October 3rd in the first leg of the semi-finals. |
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