In 2023, the humanitarian crisis in Ituri Province, one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, led to the displacement of over 1.6 million people, says the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). Despite this figure, international focus remains fixated on the deteriorating situation in Goma, North Kivu province, overshadowing the escalating […]
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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the worst place to be a child living in a conflict situation, and Save the Children says it is high time the world paid more attention. Reacting to a United Nations report, the international humanitarian organisation observed in a statement released on Tuesday that children in the country […]
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A security incident was reported in Kibumba town, situated in Nyiragongo territory on the Rwanda-DR Congo border. According to the DR Congo military high command, a company of the Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF) on Monday, Oct. 18, entered into the Congolese side of the border provoking individual armed confrontation between soldiers from the two countries. […]
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The military high command of the Democratic Republic of Congo army says its forces killed six Mai-Mai rebels. This happened during an attack by the insurgents on government positions in Kitakandi, situated seven kilometres to the east of Butembo, North Kivu. One soldier was also killed during the attack. According to Captain Anthony Mwalushayi, the […]
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Fighters of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel group on Tuesday, Aug. 17 burnt down two trucks during an attack on the national highway number four in Irumu territory in the localities of Ofaye and Mafifi within the chiefdoms of Walese Vonkutu and Ituri. The national army dispatched soldiers to the area, resulting in a […]
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Two senior military officers of the Democratic Republic of Congo national army have been killed by a drunk rank-and-file soldier in Mutwanga, chief town of the Ruwenzori sector in North Kivu. Another person was seriously wounded by the same soldier in the incident that happened Tuesday, Aug. 10 at the market quarter of the town. […]
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Public outcry and condemnation have continued to greet the murder of Heritier Mayangana, a journalist and technician with the Congolese National Radio/Television sub-station in Rutshuru, Eastern DR Congo. Twenty-six-year-old Mayangana was killed at about 19:30 hours in Buyangula in North Kivu province on Saturday, Aug 7 by yet-to-be-identified assassins using machetes with which they slashed […]
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With effect from Monday Aug. 9, individuals found not wearing protective masks against the COVID-19 in the Democratic Republic of Congo would go to prison for one week or pay a fine of 15,000 Congolese Francs, which is the equivalent of about six euros, the government said. This decision by the Congolese government comes as […]
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The bodies of five civilians suspected to have been killed by rebels of the Alliance Democratic Forces (ADF) have been discovered in the village of Mapasana, near the locality of Mamove, Beni territory in North Kivu. According to Kinos Katuho, President of the Mamove civil society, the bodies discovered on Friday, Aug. 6 were still […]
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A 12-year-old boy and 19 others suspected to be members of an armed group believed to be behind the insecurity challenges in Butembo town and neighbouring villages, especially Musienene and Kyondo in Lubero territory, have been arrested by the soldiers of Democratic Republic of Congo National Army. They were arrested Wednesday, Aug. 4 in Butembo […]
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The Democratic Republic of Congo launched a COVID-19 vaccination campaign on April 19, 2021 with the AstraZeneca vaccine. Latest figures indicate that 75,789 persons have since been vaccinated with the first dose in 13 provinces of the country. Of this number, only 2,015 persons have so far returned for a second dose. Among the most […]
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One thousand, seven hundred and forty internally displaced persons fleeing from clashes between two factions of the Mai-Mai Malaika militia group in Kabambare, Maniema province have arrived in Kongolo situated in Tanganyika province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to the Directorate General of Migration, these internally displaced persons who arrived in early June […]
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