Category: Current affairs
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Armed men attack presiding officer, tick over 200 ballots in Oyam
Several cases of violence have been reported in the ongoing Oyam North by-election. Unidentified armed men are said to have stormed Wang Lobo polling station in Otwal sub-county in Oyam district and put Mr. Walter Wacho, a presiding officer at gunpoint before forcefully ticking some ballot papers. These are said to have ticked 5 booklets…
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Civil society commends installation of electric wires around the Virunga National Park
The New Civil Society of the Ruwenzori sector welcomed, on Wednesday July 5, the end of the installation by the Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature (ICCN) of electric wires around the Virunga National Park (North Kivu). The installation that was launched last November was completed last week. According to the arrangement, this initiative…
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Pakwonga Jupanyanvor residents worried as theft of livestock deepens
Residents of Pakwonga Jupanyanvor in Wagungu Chiefdom DRC are spending sleepless nights over the rising cases of theft of livestock. The night thieves mainly target Chicken, goats, and pigs. The area chairman Mr. Osaga told Terra Fm in an interview that many goats have so far been stolen since the beginning of this Month, leaving…
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Agreement to end militia hostilities in Irumu launched
Work to evaluate the Aru protocol agreement signed at the beginning of June by the local armed groups that signed the act of commitment to cease hostilities, notably FRPI, FPIC, CODECO/urdpc and MAPI, was launched this Tuesday, June 27, 2023 in Gety Etat, chief town of the Walendu Bindi chiefdom in the Irumu territory, 60km…
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Ugandans sue Total Energies in France for reparations
Twenty-six Ugandans on Tuesday sued French oil giant, TotalEnergies in Paris, France, for reparations over alleged human rights violations at its massive megaprojects in Uganda, as climate protesters targeted its UK headquarters. Joined by five Ugandan and French aid groups, people from the affected communities say the energy firm caused “serious harm,” especially to their…
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Hoima MPs amplify land management problems at Lake Albert Bunyoro
Members of Parliament (MPs) called on the Minister of the Presidency, Hon. Milly Babalanda to draw the President’s attention to the land issue in the Bunyoro region. They also said that complaints against the Fisheries Protection Unit (FPU) soldiers for alleged harassment also required a great deal of attention and investigation. Both challenges are crippling…
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The Nande and Lesse communities have decided to live together after resolving their differences
The Lesse and Nande communities have decided to bury the hatchet and live together. This follows a three-day dialogue held in Komanda, chief town of the Basili chiefdom in Irumu territory, Ituri province, on Thursday June 23, 2023. During these three days, the communities discussed the differences that have opposed them since October 2022, and…
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3 killed by elephants in Buliisa sub-county alone – leaders’ report
Buliisa sub-county leaders have listed the names of three people who have been killed by elephants since February last year. The cases involving a 15-year-old boy and a 67-year-old man occurred in Buliisa district alone at the height of the historic conflict between man and wildlife over the past 60 years in Buliisa. The third…
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12 people sentenced to death for terrorism in Kwamouth conflict
Twelve people have been sentenced to death for terrorism by the Bandundu-Bagata-Mai Ndombe garrison military court in the case pitting the public prosecutor against the assailants in Kwamouth, Mai-Ndombe province. This was reported in a dispatch from the Congolese Press Agency on Saturday June 24. The defendants are Bolonga Bantu, Mazumbu Salabiaku, Madioko Modero, Maluma…
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Citizens’ movements issue ultimatum to EAC force to leave Congolese soil
Despite a ban by the Mairie, the synergie des mouvements citoyens organized a march on Friday June 23, 2023, in the town of Goma, in North Kivu. No roads were barricaded, and the population went about their business freely. The demonstrators set off from Kihisi, in the northern part of the city, passing through Majengo,…