The death of at least 14 UN peacekeeping troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo is another tragic reminder that these humanitarian missions are not without considerable risk.

Having conquered the GAA world, sportswear company O’Neills have set their sights a little further afield — in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Midleton man Mark O’Riordan tells Caroline Delaney about his life at a Congo chimp sanctuary.

Rebels started to retreat from the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern provincial capital today after an attempt to garner ammunition at the airport failed and their original pullout was postponed, a UN official said.

Damon Albarn is recording a whole album in just seven days in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

CHELSEA have criticised FIFA’s transfer ban as “totally disproportionate and extraordinary” and pledged to launch the strongest possible appeal against the ruling.

Chelsea have criticised FIFA’s transfer ban as “totally disproportionate and extraordinary” and pledged to launch the strongest possible appeal against the ruling.

Chelsea have been hit with a stunning transfer ban by FIFA which will prevent the club signing any new players until January 2011.

FORMER Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu has lost his appeal against FIFA’s ruling that he must pay the English club €17 million in damages for breach of contract. Mutu, who cost the Blues €17.5m in 2003, was sacked a year later after he tested positive for cocaine, and was given a seven-month worldwide football ban.

Former Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu has lost his appeal against FIFA’s ruling that he must pay the English club €17m in damages for breach of contract.

BRITISH Foreign Secretary David Miliband said yesterday he has not ruled out sending troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of a United Nations bid to avert a looming humanitarian disaster.

Chelsea on Thursday night hailed “an important decision for football” after FIFA ordered Adrian Mutu to pay the club £13.68m in compensation after being tested positive for cocaine while at Stamford Bridge.

HAVING just returned from Oxfam Ireland’s programme in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), I have been struck by something extraordinary. Amid all the discussion on the Lisbon Treaty, I noted little if any talk about the fate of some of the world’s most vulnerable people.

FRANCE and the Netherlands reacted swiftly on Saturday to a newly signed peace accord in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with the latter announcing millions of euro in aid to help stabilise the troubled east.

The ISEQ index of Irish shares endured a torrid morning of trading today, falling 117.81 points to 7667.50 by 11.05am.

Three mass graves have been discovered in an eastern area of the Democratic Republic of Congo in the DRC formerly controlled by a rebel warlord that has been the scene of recent clashes, the United Nations said today.

More than 100 people have died in a remote part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the result of a suspected haemorrhagic fever epidemic, local health officials said today.

UN human rights chief Louise Arbour warned yesterday that unpunished human rights violations — including “pandemic” sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo — are keeping central Africa on the brink of another major conflict.

Chelsea have confirmed that midfielder Steve Sidwell has agreed to join the club on a Bosman-style free transfer from July 1.

THE chief of staff to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Joseph Kabila has been assaulted and robbed in northwest London, outside a TV studio.

Electoral officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) backed by riot police faced down stone-throwing boycotters to allow voters a second chance, underlining the challenge to democracy in Africa: keeping ethnic, regional and political disputes from reigniting into war.

A senior UN official today acknowledged that the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s presidential and parliamentary elections this weekend would be problematic.

Three main militia groups in a strife-torn eastern province have agreed to lay down arms and allow free passage of voters during the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s historic elections, the United Nations said today.

Irish soldiers are to be sent to the strife-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, Defence Minister Willie O’Dea announced today.

A controversial first-half penalty by Chelsea striker Didier Drogba gave Ivory Coast a 1-0 victory over Morocco in their opening Group A match in the African Nations Cup.

THE taking of Bukaku in eastern Congo by former fighters of the Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD) militia briefly caught the attention of the western media, and we saw a flurry of newspaper articles on the vicious conflict in that has been going on there since 1996.

Businesses may not be complying with existing equal access laws when it comes to people with disabilities being able to use the Internet.

Budget airline Ryanair has announced it will levy a charge on all passengers after a disabled man won a landmark case against the firm today.

RECENT reports from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch detail atrocities in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) which include rape, torture and the widespread use of child soldiers.

A BLACK woman who is to undergo a foot amputation was initially offered a white artificial replacement because they were cheaper, a hospital has admitted.

THE people of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are enduring the worst tragedy since the Second World War. Five million of our compatriots have died and millions more have suffered atrocities.

WHAT does it take to get the Irish government to stop propping up the corrupt, morally bankrupt and warmongering Ugandan regime with annual overseas aid grants?

A landmark court case is being brought against low-cost airline Ryanair over charging £18 (€28) for the use of a wheelchair to a traveller suffering cerebral palsy and arthritis, it was announced today.

AFRICA'S new political union was launched yesterday with the continent's economic powerhouse, South Africa, firmly in the driving seat.

The body of Congolese president Laurent Kabila will lie in state in Kinshasa for two days before his funeral.

A military chief in the Democratic Republic of Congo has asked the army to remain calm in the wake of a possible coup which may have killed the president.