Tag: ground floor
two days after the incidents, the vagueness persists
11 dead, including two police officers during the Fally concert on Saturday evening October 29 in Kinshasa, this is the official report of the excesses which would have taken place…
civil society is concerned about the humanitarian situation with the advance of the M23
While on Saturday October 29, in eastern DRC, the towns of Rutshuru and Kiwanja were taken by M23 rebels, fighting continued on Sunday October 30 and several sources claim that…
Fally Ipupa’s long-awaited concert turned tragic
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), at least eleven people died on Saturday, October 29, in a stampede during the concert of Congolese singer Fally Ipupa in the largest…
former electricity company director arrested on suspicion of corruption
The former director general of the National Electricity Company (Snel) of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been in the hands of justice since Wednesday evening, October 26. With five…
doctors in North Kivu denounce the violence to which they are subjected
A hundred doctors demonstrated on Monday, October 24 in Beni, North Kivu, after the death of one of their colleagues, Doctor Sylvie Kavuke. The National Union of Doctors denounces violence…
toxicity, theme of the 7th Biennale of Lubumbashi
The seventh Biennale of Lubumbashi, in the south of the DRC, is being held after more than three years of interruption due to the Covid 19 pandemic. Nearly 60 artists…
government responds to Rwandan accusations of ‘military escalation’ with M23
Kigali accuses Kinshasa of being on the way to military escalation after renewed fighting between the M23 armed group and the Congolese army in Rutshuru province, eastern DRC. In a…
the Central African community meets in Kinshasa
As Chad recovers from the deadly crackdown on protests, Kinshasa is hosting an Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) summit on Tuesday (25 October) on the political situation in…
Kwamouth displaced protest after government delegation visit
These victims of the inter-community clashes between Yaka and Teke must be evacuated without delay and leave the province of Kwilu to return home following a decision announced this weekend…
In the DRC, outcry against the life benefits claimed by former dignitaries
Colossal allowances, accommodation costs, medical care, police guards, travel documents and diplomatic passports… The former presidents of two Chambers of the Congolese Parliament are demanding the application of a controversial…