Congo Kinshasa
Wed, 14 Sep 2022 07:26:35 GMTDRC Welcomes Uganda War Reparations Payment
[VOA] Kampala -- Uganda has made its first war reparations payment to the Democratic Republic of Congo for losses its troops caused during wars and occupations in the 1990s. Uganda paid Kinshasa $65 million; the first of five annual payments ordered ...
Tue, 13 Sep 2022 10:48:20 GMTRegional Force to Fight Negative Forces in DRC
[Daily News] THE President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), President Félix Tshisekedi has presided over the signing of an agreement giving green light to the deployment of the EAC Joint Regional Force, led by the Armed Forces of the DRC i...
Sun, 11 Sep 2022 19:45:16 GMTUganda Pays U.S.$65 Million As Partial Payment for DRC War Damages
[Nile Post] The Ugandan government has paid shs250 billion($65million) to the Democratic Republic of Congo government in partial payment for war reparations.
Sun, 04 Sep 2022 17:06:03 GMTGorbachev's Legacy in Africa Remains Ambiguous
[The Conversation Africa] Mikhail Gorbachev was the last leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. He presided over the end of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States as well as the dissolution of the union of socialist r...
Mon, 05 Sep 2022 07:18:12 GMTWe Want to Have a Say in the Plan to Withdraw the Blue Helmets - Civil Society
[Agenzia Fides] Kinshasa -- Representatives of civil society in South Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo), following a meeting in the Archdiocese of Bukavu, called for ensuring a peaceful transfer of responsibilities between peacekeepers ...
Thu, 01 Sep 2022 05:52:14 GMTDR Congo Releases Nine Rwandans
[New Times] The Democratic Republic of Congo has released nine Rwandans, including three children, who had been arrested on August 22, by Congolese army, FARDC, for illegally crosing the border.
Mon, 05 Sep 2022 07:13:45 GMTAppeal to Save the Life of a Human Rights Activist Threatened With Death
[Agenzia Fides] Kinshasa -- A Congolese human rights activist from Kasogomba is in danger of death. According to a note from the Coordination de la Société Civile du Hauts Plateaux à Milimba, sent to Fides through missionary sources, the activist ...
Wed, 24 Aug 2022 07:08:54 GMTWHO Supports DR Congo Authorities As Ebola Resurges in Volatile East
[UN News] Ebola has resurfaced in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) following confirmation of a case in the restive eastern province of North Kivu, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Tuesday, citing authorities in the country.
Wed, 24 Aug 2022 04:51:24 GMT'A Playground for Colonial Forces' - Unpacking the Anti-UN Protests in DR Congo
[The New Humanitarian] Brussels -- If MONUSCO really wants to improve its image, it should start by listening to the population's genuine grievances.
Wed, 24 Aug 2022 04:38:44 GMTCongo's Oil Auction - Foiling Climate Colonialism or Filling the Coffers?
[African Arguments] The DRC has two main goals in selling oil blocks that overlap with the world's second largest rainforest. Neither involves developing oil.
Wed, 24 Aug 2022 05:43:10 GMTOver 200 KDF Troops Deployed to DR Congo Stabilization Mission
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) has deployed personnel to the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission.
Mon, 22 Aug 2022 06:59:55 GMTAt Least 21 Dead in Attack On Gold Mine in Bigaragara
[Agenzia Fides] Kinshasa -- "Various armed groups led by former leaders of the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) named Makanika, Sematama, Mitabu and their allies have carried out another massacre of civilians and miners in the Bigaragara gold mine. The...
Fri, 19 Aug 2022 06:48:42 GMTEast African Regional Bloc Begins Deployment of Troops to DR Congo
[VOA] Nairobi, Kenya -- Burundi this week became the first country to send troops to the Democratic Republic of the Congo as part of an East African regional force that aims to end decades of unrest in the eastern DRC. But few details have been relea...
Fri, 19 Aug 2022 04:55:54 GMTWhy Activists Are Protesting Against UN Peacekeepers in DR Congo
[The New Humanitarian] Butembo, Democratic Republic of Congo -- 'Who will come to save the Congo? Only us young people.'
Thu, 18 Aug 2022 08:03:39 GMTSeychelles' President Meets Seychellois Community in DRC
[Seychelles News Agency] Seychelles' President Wavel Ramkalawan is attending the 42nd summit of heads of state and government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) taking place in the Democratic Republic of Congo. State House said on W...
Tue, 16 Aug 2022 07:31:27 GMTAleph Hospitality Enters the Democratic Republic of the Congo
[New Dawn] The Kertel Suites in Kinshasa marks the company's first entry into the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Fri, 19 Aug 2022 13:55:16 GMTDRC Refugees Repatriated On Their Request
[ANGOP] Dundo -- The fifth group of Congolese refugees who have expressed a desire to return to their country of origin were repatriated Thursday to the DR Congo, through the border post of Chissanda, in the Municipality of Chitato, north-eastern Pro...
Mon, 22 Aug 2022 12:07:39 GMTJournalist Pacifique Mahamba in Hiding Amid Police Search
[CPJ] Kinshasa -- Congolese authorities should drop any investigation into the work of journalist Pacifique Mahamba and let him work freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday.
Mon, 22 Aug 2022 12:07:36 GMTJournalist Jean Christian Bafwa Kabaseke Receives Death Threat Over Coverage of Militant Group
[CPJ] Kinshasa -- Congolese authorities should take seriously the threats against journalist Jean Christian Bafwa Kabaseke and ensure his safety, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday
Wed, 14 Sep 2022 14:34:56 GMTFrom Climate Change to Regional Security, the DRC Looms Large
[CFR] The future of the Democratic Republic of Congo is as consequential as the country is complicated.