Tag Archives: DRC

Why it is not your average rebel group Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES |The past year saw some major changes in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has been ravaged by armed groups for decades. One group in particular rose to the forefront, the Mouvement …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The M23 rebels have announced their readiness to withdraw and hand over five positions in Masisi territory, North Kivu province, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. In his statement issued on Saturday afternoon, Lawrence Kanyuka, the M23 police spokesperson, said they are set to withdraw from …

Beni, DR Congo | Xinhua | More than 40 people were killed in an overnight incursion by Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), said the army Thursday. The ADF rebels, who carried out an attack in the village of Mukondi, located in …

Kinshasa, DRC | Xinhua & URN | The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) said Tuesday that it had dismantled a network of Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels, who were responsible for several bomb attacks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)’s northeastern North Kivu …

Beni, DRC | XINHUA  & URN  |  UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the M23 rebel group to respect the latest ceasefire in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a UN spokesman said. Stephane Dujarric, the chief spokesman for Guterres, said the secretary-general urged the M23 to respect the ceasefire …

Goma, DR Congo | Xinhua | The first contingent of Burundian soldiers arrived Sunday in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province in northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), under the mandate of the regional forces of the East African Community (EAC). General Emmanuel Kaputa Kasenga, deputy commander of the …

Goma, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has suspended traffic on four major roads connecting to Goma City in North Kivu province, just one day after re-opening. The authorities had allowed the resumption of traffic along Goma-Rutshuru-Kanyabayonga, Goma-Sake-Kitshanga-Kanyabayonga, Goma-Sake-Kitshanga-Pinga, and Goma-Sake-Mushaki-Masisi – Walikale …

Geneva, Switzerland | THE INDEPENDENT | Rwanda has stated that the situation in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is a major human rights challenge for the international community. In a statment at the High-Level Segment of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Thursday, Rwanda insists, the conflict there was however started …

United Nations | Xinhua | Dozens of civilians were killed in attacks by armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) over the weekend, a United Nations spokesman said on Monday. According to preliminary reports, the armed group CODECO killed at least 20 civilians on Sunday in DRC’s Ituri …

How politics in Kinshasa has united with interests in the “international community” to sustain Congo as a failed state THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Rwanda is a very unlucky country. It is the most developmentalist state in Africa. Yet its ambitions to modernise do not depend entirely on its own …