Congo bringing back death penalty as violence, militant attacks surge
Congo has lifted a moratorium on the death penalty after more than two decades, as authorities struggle to curb violence and extremist attacks in the country, a Justice Ministry statement released on Friday said. A statement earlier this week said the ban, which dates back to 2003, allows criminals accused of treason and espionage to […]
Congo begins exporting liquified natural gas under Italian firm’s initiative
The African nation of Congo on Tuesday became the latest liquefied natural gas exporter to begin producing its first cargo, a year after Italian energy company ENI launched the Congo LNG project with local partners. ENI said in a statement that the first cargo ship loaded with LNG will head to Italy’s regasification plant in […]
2 boats crash in western Congo; death toll unclear
Two boats collided on the Congo River in western Congo, with local officials giving conflicting explanations for the deaths. Alexis Mampa, the mayor of Maluku, said there were no fatalities in Monday’s crash east of Congo’s capital Kinshasa. Another local official, Eliezer Ntambwe, initially said dozens of people had been killed, but later said the […]