Tag: ground floor
Diplomatic meetings multiply around the crisis in eastern DRC
After the UN Security Council, a delegation from the African Union Peace and Security Council visited eastern DRC, still plagued by violence. The objective: to observe the application on the…
DRC estimates losses linked to illegal mineral trafficking at one billion dollars a year
Mineral trafficking in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been documented by various NGO and UN reports. According to the US Treasury, more than 90% of the gold produced in…
ADF rebels continue their attacks in North Kivu and Ituri
In the east of the DRC, while attention is mainly directed towards the M23, other groups also kill, rape and loot. This is the case with ADFs. This group of…
armed attacks resume in Kwamouth territory
The search is still ongoing in the DRC, after the attack on a boat on the Congo River last week by armed assailants. The first assessment reports about ten confirmed…
cholera cases increase in Bulengo camp, Goma
The province of North Kivu is facing a very serious humanitarian crisis. Nearly 800,000 people have been displaced over the past year mainly due to the conflict linked to the…
the Republican Guard implicated in the spoliation of private land
The African Association for the Defense of Human Rights (ASADHO) is raising its voice in the Democratic Republic of Congo and accusing President Félix Tshisekedi of remaining silent in the…
in Goma, a welcome humanitarian aid to fight against cholera
The province of North Kivu is facing a very serious humanitarian crisis. Nearly 800,000 people have been displaced over the past year, mainly due to the conflict linked to the…
35 tonnes of EU humanitarian aid arrive in Goma
In Goma, a plane loaded with 35 tonnes of humanitarian aid landed on Friday March 17 from Denmark. After a first, which arrived on March 10, this is the second…
disappearance of Lokassa Ya Mbongo, the guitar maestro
Congolese rumba in mourning. The record company Syllart announced, Thursday, March 16, 2023, the disappearance of Lokassa Ya Mbongo, which occurred the day before. This guitar virtuoso accompanied the great…
a shipment of humanitarian aid bound for Goma takes off from Denmark
35 tonnes of humanitarian aid are due to arrive this Friday morning in Goma in eastern DRC, a region torn by violence and the presence of numerous armed groups including…