Congo’s government and M23 rebels fighting near its capital Goma. 72,000 people fled Nyiragongo and Rutshuru territory. DRC has accused Rwanda of backing the M23. People fleeing conflict between the DR Congo’s government and M23 rebels have begun to return home with trepidation, as tensions in the country’s volatile east remain high. Last month, clashes … Read more
Fourteen civilians, including children, were killed in an attack on a displaced persons’ camp in Ituri province in eastern DR Congo on Tuesday, according to a monitoring organization and a local civil group. According to the Kivu Security Tracker (KST), a respected monitor of violence in the conflict-torn region, the attack took place on Monday … Read more
Raiders attacked a gold mine in Ituri, in the strife-torn northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 35 people, according to local sources. The CODECO militia, according to Jean-Pierre Bikilisende of the rural Mungwalu village in Djugu, Ituri, carried out the attack on the artisanal mine. Bikilisende stated that the militia stormed … Read more
Fighting among armed businesses in DR Congo’s afflicted east has left six lifeless, simply days after the first spherical of peace talks ended, neighborhood sources and a researcher said on Monday. Clashes in South Kivu province’s Fizi territory on Saturday pitted corporations from the Banyamulenge, a Congolese Tutsi community, in opposition to an ethnic defense … Read more
Forced to escape her home, 62-years-old Agathe fears never seeing peace once more as she recounts the violence she has confronted in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. But the abuse Agathe has suffered inside the territory of Masisi in North-Kivu province is not with the aid of rebels who’ve terrorized the location for over … Read more
KINSHASA – A Congolese-Ugandan military offensive against the deadliest militia in eastern DR Congo has captured 34 rebels, freed hostages and destroyed camps, the two armies said on Saturday. Uganda and the DRC launched artillery and air strikes on November 30 against the Allied Democratic Forces, a group blamed for attacks in the Ugandan capital … Read more
GOMA, DR Congo: Three UNHCR staff members were injured in an attack in the east of DR Congo, the UN’s refugee agency said. “Unidentified attackers opened fire on a UN convoy that was travelling in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo,” the UNHCR said in a statement. “Bullets struck a vehicle… and three staff members … Read more
KINSHASA – DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi on Saturday named a new head of state mining company Gecamines, replacing an ally of his predecessor and rival Joseph Kabila. Alphonse Kaputo Kalubi, a former Gecamines official, will take over from wealthy 66-year-old entrepreneur Albert Yuma, a man close to Kabila who had been in charge since … Read more
KINSHASA, Dec 3, 2021 (AFP) – A year ago, the world kicked off one of the greatest initiatives in medical history: the rush to vaccinate Earth’s human population against Covid-19. Since the launch of mass vaccination in Britain on November 8 2020, billions of jabs have since poured off production lines and rich countries are lining … Read more
BUKAVU – Six rebels, two policemen and a soldier were killed when an armed group raided the eastern DR Congo town of Bukavu early Wednesday, the governor of South Kivu province said. “The FARDC (armed forces of Democratic Republic of Congo) and police… killed six assailants, wounded four others, took 36 captives and recovered 14 weapons,” … Read more
