Tag: DRC
DRC: governor of Tanganyika province dismissed by deputies
The governor of Tanganyika province, a member of the UDPS and currently living in Kinshasa, was stripped of her duties on Monday 8 May. Of the 25 elected members of…
Eastern DRC: Southern African Community pledges to deploy troops
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) met Monday (May 8th) in Namibia for the summit of the troika, the body responsible for defense and security issues of the sub-regional organization.…
Eastern DRC: after bad weather, the question of disaster relief arises
In eastern DRC, floods and landslides caused by heavy rains on Thursday (May 4) killed at least 203 people, according to a new report, in the province of South Kivu,…
A summit on eastern DRC in Burundi to “revitalize” the Addis Ababa agreement
In Burundi, the 11th follow-up summit to the Addis Ababa Peace Agreement in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ended late in the afternoon. A meeting marked by the presence of…
Burundi hosts eastern DRC summit without key players like Rwanda and Kenya
Bujumbura is hosting the 11th summit of the monitoring mechanism of the Addis Ababa framework agreement for the DRC on Saturday. The Heads of State and Government of the thirteen…
DRC: land problems at the origin of clashes in the province of Tshopo
In the DRC, interethnic clashes took place earlier this week in the commune of Lubunga in the province of Tshopo in the northeast of the country. A land problem is…
Brading of state property in the DRC: an NGO calls for sanctions
The Association of Congolese for Access to Justice (Acaj) says it is scandalized by the extent of the damage caused by the selling off of heritage and real estate for…
DRC: the authorities point to a “semblance of withdrawal” of the M23 from certain territories
The authorities accuse the M23 rebels of retaking the positions that the movement had previously left despite the deployment of troops from the East African force. Meeting in the Council…
DRC: an NGO sounds the alarm on the number of deaths in Makala prison
In the DRC, prisons are increasingly recording mass deaths. From January to March, the Bill Clinton Foundation for Peace (BCPF), which monitors the situation of prisoners across the country, says…
DRC: the reasons for the postponement of the EAC meetings in Goma
According to several sources, the meetings scheduled in Goma this week to assess the action of the regional force of the Community of East African States (EAC) have been postponed…