Tag: DR Congo
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π¨π¬ DR Congo government rejects Kenya’s naming of consul to occupied Goma
August 17, 2025 The Congolese government on Saturday rejected Kenyaβs appointment of a consul general to the city of Goma, describing the decision as βinappropriateβ. Goma, located in eastern Congo, has been at the centre of a conflict between the Congolese government and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group. It launched a lightning assault on the…
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π¨π© Shadowy Arms Deal Unravels in Kinshasa: Lebanese Broker Held by Military Intelligence as Congo Demands $18M Refund
KINSHASA, DRC β A tangled web of military contracts, international intrigue, and financial fallout has emerged in the heart of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where a mysterious arms deal gone awry has led to the secretive detention of a foreign businessman and a demand for millions in restitution. Lebanese-born arms broker Dani al-Achkar…
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Lack of education fuelling child soldier recruitment, says DRC minister
Children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are being forced into armed groups as a result of poverty and a lack of access to education, the countryβs human rights minister has said. According to Chantal Chambu Mwavita these are usually street children who are vulnerable. βIt is our children who are recruited by armed…
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DR Congo army takes Kalembe town back from M23 rebels, spokesman says
Democratic Republic of Congo’s army on Tuesday said it had taken back the eastern town of Kalembe a day after it was seized by M23 rebels. Kalembe, a small town in Walikale territory in militia-plagued North Kivu, came under M23 control on Sunday morning when rebels seized it from Congolese armed forces and the Wazalendo…
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DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Benin, Gambia elected to Human Rights Council
The Democratic Republic of Congo is among 15 countries elected to the Human Rights Council on Wednesday, despite objections by the country’s opposition. Benin, Gambia, Kenya and Ethiopia are the other African countries elected to the Council. The five countries will serve for three years, starting on January 1, 2025. At the assembly, there was…
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DR Congo urgently needs at least 3 million doses of mpox vaccine to stop outbreak in country, health ministry says
“We need to receive 3 million doses of vaccine against the mpox virus to vaccinate 2.5 million people in the most affected areas,” said DRC Health Minister Samuel Roger Kamba during a briefing on the government’s measures to combat mpox (new name for monkeypox). “We believe this amount of vaccine is enough to stop the…
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A railway line from the port of Dar es Salaam and Morogoro to the capital of the Tanzania has been put into operation
In Tanzania, on August 1, a 541-kilometer railway line from the port of Dar es Salaam and Morogoro to the capital of the country, Dodoma, was put into operation. The cost of the project was $3.1 billion. The construction was carried out by the Turkish company Yapi Merkezi. The new railway connects Tanzania with countries…
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