Tag: ground floor
Congolese refugees in Rwanda demand to be able to return home
In Rwanda, mostly Rwandophone Congolese refugees protested this Monday, December 12 in the Kigeme camp, in the south of the country. A demonstration against the violence and discrimination faced by…
Social media mourns the death of Congolese artist Tshala Muana
Tshala Muana, known as ” Mamu National » Where ” The Queen of Mutuashi », died Saturday, December 10 in Kinshasa. On social networks, fans and celebrities express their dismay…
in Kinshasa, the disarray of the displaced after the violence in Mai-Ndombé
In the DRC, the province of Mai-Nombé has been plagued by inter-community violence for several months with attacks that have even spread to neighboring provinces. The situation has led to…
civil society questions the deployment of Monusco after the killing of Kishishe
Congolese authorities accuse the M23 of killing more than 200 civilians in Kishishe in North Kivu on Tuesday, November 29. What the rebels deny. A week later, Kishishe is still…
the M23 is considering a withdrawal from its positions in the East
DRC authorities want the ICC to open an investigation into what happened in Kishishe in the east of the country on Tuesday 29 November. On Monday, the government put forward…
the new toll of the Kishishe massacre estimated at 272 dead by the authorities
In the DRC, the authorities announce a new assessment of the Kishishe massacre, in North Kivu. A massacre attributed to the M23 rebels who have been leading an offensive in…
Accused of corruption in the DRC, Glencore will pay 180 million dollars in compensation
Commodity trading giant Glencore announced on Monday December 5 that it had reached an agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo. The company undertakes to pay 180 million dollars in…
apologies at the heart of parliamentary discussions on the colonial past
After two and a half years of work, trips to the DRC, Rwanda, Burundi, the hearing of nearly 300 people, the Belgian parliamentary commission responsible for examining Belgium’s colonial past…
day of demonstration against the M23 and the war at the call of the Catholic Church
This Sunday, December 4, 2022, the Catholic Church in the DRC calls on the Congolese to march to alert to the security situation in the east of the country and…
more than 120 people killed in Kishishe massacre, government says
According to the Congolese authorities, more than 120 people, including 17 children, were killed during the massacre of November 29 in the locality of Kishishe, in the east of the…