Eastern Congo mourns victims of conflict in ceremony
Reuters Congo’s eastern city of Goma held a memorial service on Monday for 200 victims of the conflict between the army and rebels that are waging a renewed insurgency in the vast central African country’s militia-plagued east. The time and circumstances of the killings were unclear. Authorities said all were direct or indirect victims of […]
Essay: In the DRC fighting with rebels in the country’s east has intensified, sparking fears of a wider war
Scholar DALE PANKHURST explains the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo in an article first published on The Conversation…
Congolese police officers flee to Uganda as fighting intensifies
Kampala, Uganda Reuters Nearly 100 police officers from the Democratic Republic of Congo fled to neighbouring Uganda over the weekend as fighting between M23 rebels and the military in Congo’s east intensified, a Ugandan military spokesperson said on Monday. The officers arrived via the Ishasha border crossing in Kanungu district in south-western Uganda, Major Kiconco […]
DR Congo government says M23 rebels, Rwanda disrupting local air traffic
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters Democratic Republic of Congo’s government on Monday accused M23 rebels and Rwandan forces backing them of sending false navigation signals to disrupt air traffic over the country’s eastern North Kivu province, where Congo’s army is locked in fighting with the M23. The Tutsi-led M23 have been waging a fresh […]
Essay: DRC ceasefire for humanitarian aid is a small step forward – what must happen next for peace
DELPHIN R NTANYOMA, in an article first published on The Conversation, says the temporary truce in the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo is a welcome development but that resolution of the conflict will require “recognition of grievances that fuel it”…
Children at risk as mpox variant hits Congo displacement camps
Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters Scars from the mpox pustules are still visible on seven-year old Grace Kabuo’s face, as well as on a handful of her playmates at a camp for displaced people near Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Grace has otherwise recovered from the virus. Her mother Denise Kahindo says […]
Essay: Military spending in DRC and South Sudan rose fastest in the world – society ends up paying the price
NAN TIAN, of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, on how conflict is driving up military spending in Africa’s hotspots…
Congo says UN exit unlikely while Rwandan troops present
Kinshasa, Rwanda Reuters UN peacekeepers are unlikely to proceed with an agreed withdrawal from Congo’s conflict-torn North Kivu for as long as Rwandan troops remain in the eastern province, the Congolese foreign minister said on Saturday. North Kivu is battling a two-year insurgency by the Rwanda-backed M23 militia that has displaced more than a million […]
Democratic Republic of Congo: How churches are helping displaced people cope with impacts of trauma
TONNY ONYULO reports on the work of churches and Christian organisations aimed at helping displaced people who have suffered trauma…
Grief and anger as Congo mourners blame Rwanda-backed rebels for attack
Kibati, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters Families huddled near the line of small coffins in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, all mourning the children and others killed in a rocket attack, many shouting out accusations against the rebels they said launched the assault. Relatives held up crosses daubed with the names of the dead and […]