A military court in Congo today sentenced 26 people to death for the assassination of President Laurent Kabila.

Two top army officers have been arrested in the hunt for the killers of Congo leader Laurent Kabila.

Congo's embattled President Laurent Kabila was shot and wounded by one of his own bodyguards during an attempted coup d'etat, a senior security official says.

The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo was hit by gunfire during an attempted coup, officials in neighbouring Republic of Congo say.