Tag Archives: DR Congo

KINSHASA, DR Congo | Xinhua | People in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have lately been caught up in fresh fighting pitting government troops against two rebel groups, the March 23 Movement (M23) and the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). FIGHTING AGAINST ADF In Cantine, a village in …

KINSHASA, DR Congo  | Xinhua | Uncertainty and a humanitarian crisis loom in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), despite an extended truce until Aug. 3 between the DRC military and the Movement of March 23 (M23) rebellion, which controls nearly 100 villages in the eastern North Kivu …

Kasindi, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People Defence Forces-UPDF has handed over 22 people rescued from captivity of the Allied Democratic Forces-ADF-rebels. The abductees regained freedom following the UPDF and FARDC joint forces operation Shujja in Eastern DR. Congo. On Monday, senior army officers of both countries formally recived …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa | Xinhua | South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday expressed his profound sadness at the deaths of two soldiers and injuries to 20 others in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The casualties of the South African National Defense Force (SANDF) members were inflicted by …

KINSHASA, DR Congo | Xinhua | Judith Suminwa Tuluka was sworn in early Wednesday as the first female prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with an “ambitious and detailed” action plan that will cost 92.9 billion U.S. dollars over the next five years. Before the National …

Uganda’s power cut as Kenya, DR Congo, S. Sudan spend more on armies COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2023 recorded the biggest percentage increase in military spending in the world, according to new data from SIPRI, the Sweden-based security think tank. DRC’s spending …

GOMA, DRC | Xinhua | The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) held a funeral on Wednesday for the victims of recent bombings at several sites for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the country’s eastern province of North Kivu. On May 3, at least five rockets fell in and around …

KIGALI, RWANDA | Xinhua |  Rwanda has asked the African Union not to support troops from southern African countries deployed to fight armed groups in the restive eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), claiming the force will exacerbate the conflict. Rwandan Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta said in a letter …

GOMA, DR Congo | Xinhua | As clashes escalate between the military and armed rebels in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Goma, the main city in the region, has been beset by an influx of civilians into displacement camps, and its healthcare facilities are …

GOMA, DR Congo | Xinhua | Several injuries were reported Friday after two explosive devices fell on a primary school in Mugunga, a peripheral district of Goma, the capital of the North Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a Xinhua correspondent saw on site. The …