Tag Archives: DR Congo

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan police and military have heightened security at the common border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) following a deadly explosion Sunday, a police spokesperson has said. Measures have been put in place to avert hostile infiltrations and attacks at the common border …

Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The resumption of heavy fighting between the M23 rebels and DRC government troops in Rutshuru territory, North Kivu province has created panic in the area. The fighting which had ceased for more than two months resumed on Thursday afternoon in Rangira, Rutshuru territory. Later in the …

Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kisoro district has recorded a fresh influx of refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo, who are fleeing insecurity in the South Kivu province. Kisoro Resident District Commissioner, Hajji Shafique Ssekandi Ssengoba says that the new group of refugees are fleeing South Kivu province due …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organization-WHO has urged health workers in Uganda not to consider using Ebola therapeutics used to treat patients in the neighboring DR Congo, saying these will not be effective. Speaking at an Ebola Infection Prevention and Control-IPC meeting for health workers held on Monday, …

The regional force will be commanded by Kenya’s Major General Jeff Nyagah & one of the two deputies Brigadier General Emma Kaputa of the DRC 🔴 DRC will also do the following 1️⃣ Designate a Minister responsible for EAC Affairs 2️⃣ Remit the financial contribution of the DRC to the …

Get out, say Congolese to MONUSCO Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Pressure is on to kick the UN peacekeeping mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) out of the country. Matters appeared to escalate further when on Aug.3 the Congolese government in Kinshasa expelled MONUSCO’s spokesperson over unclear reasons.  And …

  Finally becomes 7th partner State Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | On July 11, the Democratic Republic of Congo officially became the seventh member of the East African Community after depositing the ‘instrument of ratification’ with the East African Community Secretary General at the bloc’s headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has hit its annual refugee admission target at half year, exerting more pressure on the country to urgently look for donations if its globally recognized open door policy is to be sustained. Douglas Asiimwe, the Acting Commissioner for Refugees at the Office of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Schools and health facilities in Nobili, Luanoli, Kamango, and Kikingi in Eastern DR. Congo have re-opened months after closure following attacks by the rebel Allied Democratic Forces-ADF. The decision to reopen schools and health facilities follows joint military operations by the Congolese forces FARDC and …

Dakar, Senegal | Xinhua | The chairperson of the African Union (AU) has called for “calm and dialogue” between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), expressing serious concern over the rising tension between the two neighbors. “I call for calm and dialogue between the two countries, and for …