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Fri, 07 Mar 2025 05:27:30 GMTCongo Brazzaville Officially Backs Egypt's Unesco Top Post Candidate
[Egypt Online] The Republic of the Congo announced on Thursday its official support for Khaled El-Enany, Egypt's nominee for the position of Director-General of UNESCO (2025-2029), as part of President Denis Sassou Nguesso's appreciation for Egyptian...
Wed, 05 Mar 2025 10:10:31 GMTRwanda Accuses Canada of 'Blatantly Ignoring' Security Concerns - Statement
[Nile Post] Rwanda's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly condemned Canada's recent statement on the ongoing conflict in eastern DR Congo, accusing the North American country of overlooking Rwanda's security concerns and unfairly blaming it for t...
Mon, 03 Mar 2025 20:06:44 GMTMadagascar and Congo-Brazzaville Team Up to Protect Vanishing Forests
[RFI] Congo-Brazzaville and Madagascar are combining efforts to protect their primary forests, which support rich ecosystems and rare wildlife but face increasing threats from deforestation. The countries marked the launch of their conservation drive...
Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:00:51 GMTRebel Movement M23 Is Said to Be Responsible for the Attack in Bukavu
[Agenzia Fides] Kinshasa -- "According to credible witnesses, the two explosions that hit the crowd in Bukavu are attributable to the M23," a local source from the capital of the Congolese province of South Kivu tells Fides.
Thu, 27 Feb 2025 09:29:19 GMTBrazzaville Hosts a Key Ministerial Meeting On Durable Solutions for Forcibly Displaced Central Africans
[UNHCR] The governments of the signatory countries of the Yaoundé Declaration and the European Union met in Brazzaville last Friday for the second ministerial meeting of the Steering Committee of the Support Platform for Solutions in the context...
Congo-Kinshasa
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 23:57:16 GMTUS Imposes Sanctions On Rwandan Minister Kabarebe and M23 Publicist Kanyuka
[Nile Post] The financial sanctions are expected to cripple the operations of the M23 with the US claiming the war in DR Congo was curtailing its investments in Rwanda, far cry from its recent foreign policy stance
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:01:38 GMTThe West Blame Game On Rwanda and M23 Rebels in DR Congo an Attitude of Hypocrisy and Cynicism
[New Times] The capture of Goma by M23 rebels attracted much noise from western countries and especially the European Parliament. The UN Security Council also held sessions after the fall of Goma, where the UN troops (MONUSCO) who are supposed to be ...
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 04:44:19 GMTDR Congo Violence Has Pushed 35,000 to Burundi, Says UN Refugee Agency
[UN News] Escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has continued to uproot thousands more people to neighbouring countries where they face dire conditions without many basic necessities, UN humanitarians said on Thursday.
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 10:29:36 GMTUK Summons Rwandan Envoy Over DR Congo Conflict
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Rwandan High Commission in London has defended its security policies in response to a summons by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), citing existential threats from the Democratic Republic of...
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 07:28:39 GMTKenya Weighs Evacuation of Citizens Amid Escalating DRC Conflict
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The government is considering evacuating Kenyans living and working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) following an escalation of violent conflict in the eastern part of the country.