DIVERSIFIED minerals company Metorex could quadruple copper production in the next three years as its Ruashi II mine comes into full production and new projects at Kinsenda and Musonoi are developed, CEO Charles Needham says.

With the support of MONUC's Gender Office, the DRC Gender, Family and Children Ministry from 28 June to 1 July 2008 trained the heads of the provincial Gender ministries and civil society activists from all the DRC's 11 provinces on

Belgian authorities today transferred Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, charged by the International Criminal Court (ICC) with multiple counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder and rape, to the Court's detention centre in The Hague.

The Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) today ordered the release of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, after ruling that the Congolese rebel militia leader accused of recruiting child soldiers could not receive a fair trial.