Since the end of January, conflicts in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have claimed more than 8,500 lives in Goma, a city under threat from the March 23 Movement (M23) rebellion, which claims control of the area, the Congolese government announced on Thursday evening. According to …
Read More »Kenyan president says diplomacy the only solution to DRC conflict
Kenya’s president, William Ruto, on Monday described the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo as very complicated and said it could only be solved diplomatically. “We do not see, from where I sit, a possibility of a military solution to the challenges that face the eastern DRC,” William Ruto …
Read More »Three Tanzanian soldiers killed in Democratic Republic of Congo
Three Tanzanian soldiers were killed when hostile mortar fire landed near their camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) said. Three other people were seriously injured and taken to hospital for treatment. They were part of a Southern African peacekeeping force deployed in December …
Read More »DRC: protesters call for the departure of Minusco
Several inhabitants of the Democratic Republic of Congo demonstrated on Monday in the city of Goma, demanding the departure of the United Nations Mission in Congo (Monusco). “Monusco said it was unable to protect the population against the M23, it must leave”, chanted the demonstrators on Monday July 25, 2022. …
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