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DRC Soldiers Threaten to Kill Journalist Parfait Katoto Over Broadcasts
May 17, 2024 | 05:28 am[CPJ] Kinshasa -- Congolese authorities should take swift and comprehensive actions to investigate all threats against journalist and Radio Communautaire Amkeni Biakato (RCAB) director Parfait Katoto, ensure his safety, and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists[…]
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SADC Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo Senior Leadership Conducts Operational Visits
May 16, 2024 | 06:02 am[SADC] To ensure proper operational effectiveness and efficiency, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (SAMIDRC) Force Senior Military Leadership led by the Force Commander, Major General Monwabisi Dyakopu conducts regular feedback mechanisms at[…]
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Humanitarian Situation Now At a Tipping Point - Unicef Official During Visit
May 15, 2024 | 09:23 am[Unicef] Goma -- UNICEF Deputy Executive Director for Humanitarian Action and Supply Operations, Ted Chaiban, concluded a five-day visit to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where he met with authorities and witnessed firsthand the devastating impact of escalating[…]
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North and South Kivu - More Clashes Between Army and M23
May 14, 2024 | 19:30 pm[Agenzia Fides] Kinshasa -- Two people died yesterday, May 13, in the bombing of the village of Minova, in the Kalehe region, in the province of South Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). According to[…]
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UNICEF's Ted Chaiban Concludes Visit to Eastern DR Congo
May 14, 2024 | 14:42 pm[Unicef] UNICEF Deputy Executive Director for Humanitarian Action and Supply Operations, Ted Chaiban, concluded a five-day visit to the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where he met with authorities and witnessed firsthand the devastating impact of escalating conflict[…]
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Can SADC Troops Defeat M23 Rebels?
May 14, 2024 | 06:22 am[DW] Troops from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) deployed to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are struggling to restore peace and security to the restive region.
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Bold African Union Role Needed to Stabilise East DRC
May 13, 2024 | 14:28 pm[ISS] The African Union lacks a coherent strategy that can reduce tensions between countries and improve security coordination.
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DRC Journalist Blaise Mabala Freed After 4 Months in Jail Over Insult to Governor
May 13, 2024 | 09:26 am[CPJ] Kinshasa -- The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the acquittal and release of journalist Blaise Mabala after more than four months in detention and calls for authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to swiftly reform their laws[…]
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Celebrating Midwives - Edinah Delivers Babies, One Safe Birth At a Time
May 10, 2024 | 09:53 am[UNFPA] Grimacing and sweating, twenty-three-year-old Samiya, a refugee from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is expecting her first child and is experiencing intense pain while waiting in labour at Kisugu Health Centre in Kampala, Uganda.
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8 Killed in Attack On DR Congo Health Center
May 10, 2024 | 09:43 am[VOA] At least eight civilians died Thursday in an attack on a health center in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to media reports that cited locals.
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SADC Inter-Ministerial Task Force Meeting of Ministers of Trade, Transport and Security Matters Between DR Congo, Zambia
May 10, 2024 | 09:33 am[SADC] The Southern African Development Community (SADC) held an Inter-Ministerial Task Force Meeting of Ministers of Trade, Transport, Infrastructure and Security Portfolios from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and from the Republic of Zambia on the Resolution of the[…]
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The Minerals Security Partnership Welcomes New Deal in Minerals Offtake and Processing Between Stl in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Umicore in Belgium
May 9, 2024 | 11:39 am[State Department] The United States, as Chair of the Minerals Security Partnership (MSP), and MSP partners welcome the new deal finalized between STL, a subsidiary of La Générale des Carrières et des Mines (Gécamines) in the Democratic Republic of the[…]
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Joint Statement - Ingos in DR Congo Call for a Cessation of Hostilities and the Respect for International Humanitarian Law
May 9, 2024 | 09:56 am[Norwegian Refugee Council] A deadly attack on Friday 3 May directly hit displacement sites hosting over 55,000 families around Goma in the North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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Why Are Displaced People Still in Danger?
May 8, 2024 | 06:50 am[DW] At least 15 people are now know to have died following the shelling of IDP camps in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Rwanda has denied involvement in the attacks, while the US has called for an investigation.
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Justice Officer From DR Congo Mission Wins UN Trailblazer Award
May 8, 2024 | 06:38 am[UN News] The UN's second Trailblazer award for Women Justice and Corrections Officers has gone to Major Ahlem Bouzi, an officer with the UN's peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO).
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U.S. and DRC's Partners Call On Rwanda to Punish Forces Over Attack
May 7, 2024 | 17:04 pm[RFI] The United States has called on Rwanda to punish forces behind an attack in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Both Kinshasa and the US accuse Kigali of meddling in DRC's affairs.
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KQ Staff Detained in DRC Over Missing 'Valuable' Cargo Documentation Released
May 7, 2024 | 11:38 am[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Kenya Airways (KQ) manager in the Democratic Republic of Congo, who was detained in Kinshasa over missing customs documentation on "valuable" cargo, has been released.
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KQ to Resume Kinshasa Flights Tomorrow After Release of Detained Staff
May 7, 2024 | 10:27 am[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya Airways will resume its flights to the Democratic Republic of Congo's Capital, Kinshasa, starting Wednesday following the release of its detained staff by the Congolese Military on Monday.
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AU Condemns Attack On Camps of Internally Displaced Persons in Eastern DR Congo
May 7, 2024 | 06:40 am[New Times] The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Amb Moussa Faki Mahamat, has condemned, in the strongest terms, the murderous bombardment of the camps of the internally displaced persons in Lac-Vert and Mugunga, resulting in the death of and[…]
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On Condemning the Attack On an Internally Displaced Persons Camp in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
May 6, 2024 | 23:00 pm[State Department] The United States strongly condemns the attack today from Rwanda Defense Forces (RDF) and M23 positions on the Mugunga camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This attack has caused the[…]
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International Community Remains Silent - Further Atrocities in North Kivu
May 6, 2024 | 17:04 pm[Agenzia Fides] Kinshasa -- At least 16 people were killed and 30 injured in a bomb attack on May 3 in two displaced persons camps in Lac Vert and Mugunga, near Goma, capital of North Kivu, in the east of[…]
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Explosion At DRC Displaced Persons' Camp Kills At Least 9
May 6, 2024 | 09:54 am[VOA] Local officials and media reports in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo say at least nine people - most of them children - were killed Friday following an explosion or explosions at displaced persons camp in the eastern city[…]
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UNHCR and Unicef Condemn the Bombardment of Displacement Camps in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
May 6, 2024 | 09:53 am[Unicef] The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) strongly condemn the bombing today of three sites for internally displaced persons (IDP) in the Lac Vert, Lushagala, and Mugunga neighbourhoods of Goma, North Kivu, in the[…]
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U.S. Condemns Attacks On DR Congo Camps for Displaced People
May 6, 2024 | 09:52 am[DW] The State Deparment suggested Rwanda or the M23 rebel group were responsible for the deadly attacks in the North Kivu province.
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Rwanda Rejects Blame for IDP Camp Bombing in Goma, DRC
May 6, 2024 | 09:52 am[Rwanda Govt] Kigali -- The attempt by the U.S. Department of State in its statement of 4 May 2024, to immediately and without any investigation place blame on Rwanda for the loss of lives in the IDP camps, is unjustified.[…]
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Rwanda Rejects U.S. Blame for Attack On DRC Displaced Camp
May 6, 2024 | 09:51 am[Nile Post] The Rwandan government has rejected blame for Friday's attack on internally displaced people's camp in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma.
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Rwanda Dismisses Reports On Camp Bombing in DR Congo
May 6, 2024 | 08:41 am[New Times] The government of Rwanda has dismissed reports from that the U.S. Department of State claiming that the country was behind the bombing of IDP (internally displaced people) camps around Goma, a city in DR Congo.
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Macron Urges Rwanda to End Support for DRC M23 Rebels and Withdraw Troops
May 1, 2024 | 06:45 am[RFI] Rwanda must end support for M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and withdraw troops from its neighbour's territory, French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday.
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Statement By Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee On the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Crushing Levels of Violence, Displacement Fuel Unprecedented Civilian Suffering
Apr 30, 2024 | 17:16 pm[OCHA] NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME/WASHINGTON -- Escalating conflict is driving record levels of gender-based violence, displacement and hunger in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), threatening to push the country to the brink of catastrophe without urgent[…]
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'I Want to Give Peace a Chance' - Congo President Tshisekedi
Apr 30, 2024 | 06:42 am[DW] President Felix Tshisekedi was in Germany to meet with Chancellor Olaf Scholz. He spoke with DW exclusively about the ongoing Congo-Rwanda standoff, his country's first female prime minister and German infrastructure.