Tag: ground floor
demonstration of hundreds of people with disabilities in Kinshasa
Hundreds of people with disabilities took to the streets of Kinshasa on Tuesday, November 15, to demand the establishment of a permanent administration for the ministry dedicated to the disabled…
fighting, panic and diplomacy
In the DRC, the guns continue to speak north of the city of Goma. The Congolese soldiers are still facing the M23 rebels, causing population movements. For several days now,…
opening of the trial of ex-presidential adviser Tshimanga for “corruption”
The former strategic adviser to President Félix Tshisekedi Vidiye Tshimanga is tried on Monday, November 14 by the Kinshasa-Gombe Peace Court. Placed in detention on September 21, 2022 in Makala…
fighting spreads to North Kivu as diplomacy heats up in Kinshasa
The fighting continued this Saturday, November 12, 2022 in North Kivu. New violent clashes have pitted the Congolese army against M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. And the…
a worrying signal for the press
Journalist Sonia Rolley has been expelled from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Our colleague, a former member of RFI’s Africa service and who had just joined the Reuters news agency,…
the Assembly wants to prevent the access of the security services to members of armed groups
Since the 2000s, many former rebel leaders and their fighters have been promoted into the army and police in the DRC. Some are even in command of large units and…
a Congolese Sukhoi-25 plane flew over Rwanda
Relations between the DRC and Rwanda are still tense, despite diplomatic efforts to achieve de-escalation. This Monday, a Congolese fighter plane violated Rwandan airspace, angering Kigali. For its part, Kinshasa…
Goma residents worry about possible shortages
Since the offensive of the M23 rebels, the national road N°2 which crosses the province of North Kivu is almost cut off. Result: the goods trucks hardly pass and the…
In Malawi, overcrowded refugee camps following the influx of Congolese
In Malawi, the number of Congolese refugees continues to increase. They are fleeing the fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Faced with this situation, the World…
Congolese football sounded after revelations about a pedophile system
The latest revelations from French journalist Romain Molina have brought to light a system that has plagued football in the DRC for more than twenty years: a child criminal environment…