Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT & AFP | Rwanda’s border with the Democratic Republic of Congo is not closed, the country’s ministry of health has clarified in a statement. The statement comes hours after DRC President Felix Tshisekedi’s office condemned what it said was the closure of the border, that affected …
Read More »‘Mum, they’re killing me’: Child kidnappings surge in DR Congo’s Goma
Goma, DR Congo | AFP | Valerie pulls a pair of blue shorts and a small white shirt out of a plastic bag. The shirt is stained with blood. It’s the school uniform of her eight-year-old son Nathanael, who was kidnapped on his way to class in Goma in the …
Read More »JOBS: Programme Management Officer GOMA
JOB OPENING Posting Title: Programme Management Officer, Human Settlements ( Conflict Sensitive Advisor) Job Code Title: Programme Management Officer, Human Settlements Department/Office: UNITED NATIONS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME Duty Station: GOMA Posting Period: 21 December 2016 – 18 February 2017 Job Opening Number: 16-Human Settlements-UNHABITAT-69631-R-Goma (E) Staffing Exercise N/A APPLY HERE …
Read More »M23 Takes Over Goma Airport as President Kabila Jets in Kampala
By Sarah Namulondo Rebel group M23 has announced their take over of Goma Airport, in the eastern part of the Congo. The group’s spokesman Col Vianney Kazarama confirmed this development saying “the town fell into their hands at 11:33 local time, despite the attack helicopters, and the heavy weapons, of …
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