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United Nations extends DR Congo peacekeeping mission for a year
Reuters  |  Dec 21, 2024

The renewal means nearly 11,000 peacekeepers will continue their deployment until at least December 2025.

Health official says mpox vaccine rollout in Congo slower than expected
Reuters  |  Oct 19, 2024

Congo's mpox vaccination campaign is a key step in efforts to contain the outbreak at its epicentre

Congo: Displaced people caught between conflict and crisis
DW News  |  Sep 27, 2024

In eastern Congo, people are trapped between relentless fighting in their villages and overcrowded camps with scarce food and rampant mpox. Survival i...

UN Security Council authorises MONUSCO to support SADC mission in DRC
Mwangi Maina  |  Aug 07, 2024

A potential regional conflict could see Rwanda fighting against a coalition led by South Africa, which includes the DRC, Malawi, and Tanzania. 

DRC ceasefire for humanitarian aid is a small step forward - what must happen next for peace
The Conversation  |  Jul 28, 2024

Given the dire humanitarian conditions of the displaced and local populations, the truce is a most welcome intervention.

Kampala denies supporting M23 rebels after DRC summoned Ugandan diplomat
Amina Wako  |  Jul 22, 2024

This denial came after Kinshasa summoned Uganda's Chargé d'Affaires, Matata Twaha Magara on Friday, July 19, to discuss the issue.

DR Congo conflict fuels forest loss
Reuters  |  Jul 17, 2024

In areas they control in North Kivu, armed actors from all sides are profiting off the production or trade in wooden planks, while illegal and uncontr...

Intensifying Congo conflict puts 1 million children at risk of acute malnutrition
Reuters  |  Jul 12, 2024

The WHO has registered over 20,000 cases of cholera across the country so far this year and 60,000 cases of measles, with real numbers probably higher...

South Sudan's Kiir fears the Congo crisis might destabilise EAC
Vincent Ombati  |  Jul 10, 2024

"The war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is threatening regional peace and stability," warned Kiir in a statement posted on X by the South S...

US citizens in Congo coup attempt tell court they were forced to join
Reuters  |  Jul 05, 2024

Speaking for the first time since the trial began, Malanga's son, Marcel Malanga, 22, and Benjamin Zalman-Polun told the court that the coup leader ha...

Surge in rebel attacks sparks deadly protests in eastern Congo
Reuters  |  Jun 15, 2024

The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a rebel group, are alleged to have killed more than 40 people in an attack on Mayikengo village this week and over...

At least 16 killed by suspected rebels in eastern Congo, local official says
Reuters  |  Jun 05, 2024

The victims were hacked to death with machetes while they were in their homes or the fields, the official said, adding that some were executed while t...

DRC says Apple products are 'tainted by the blood of the Congolese people'
Amina Wako  |  Apr 26, 2024

A US federal appeals court recently dismissed a lawsuit targeting Apple, Google, Tesla, and other tech giants

Soldiers and militia turn on civilians in encircled DR Congo's Goma city
AFP  |  Apr 12, 2024

Goma has a resident population of one million, with another million displaced by the war crammed into desperate, temporary camps that have become the...

Three Tanzanian soldiers killed in DRC mortar attack
Mary Wambui  |  Apr 08, 2024

Three other TPDF soldiers are nursing serious injuries from the attack, according to SADC. 

UNHCR urges immediate action amid heightened risks for displaced in eastern DRC
United Nations  |  Mar 30, 2024

The UNHCR is calling for an immediate end to the violence and urges all parties to the conflict to respect and uphold international humanitarian law a...

Amnesty says stop 'deliberate' attacks on DR Congo civilians
Agency  |  Feb 20, 2024

The United States-based Center for Civilians in Conflict on Tuesday denounced the use of heavy artillery and mortar shells against civilian installati...

Drone-initiated shell strike at Goma Airport raises tensions in DRC's North Kivu
Mary Wambui  |  Feb 17, 2024

The incident happened three days after a mortar bomb landed inside one of the South African Contingent military bases.

Goma under threat of violence as M23 rebels stage fresh attacks
Mary Wambui  |  Feb 08, 2024

The fighting between the local army and the M23 has displaced at least 130,000 people in different areas of the Masisi territory in the last two weeks...

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