Tag: DRC
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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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The South African President is on an official mission in Kinshasa
Cyril Ramaphosa, South African President in office arrived on Wednesday June 05 in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo for a two-day official visit focused on economic cooperation between the DRC and South Africa. In his agenda, several memorandums of understanding should be signed between the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Africa. On…
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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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G5 president breaks silence on why the organization was formed
The President of G5 an organizations that brings together ethnic tribes of Alur, Nyali, Hema and other communities Dr. VITAL TUNGULO has come out in open to clarify that, G5 is not a political party, but a structure that brings together the communities that are victims of the massacres in Ituri. The Doctor made the…
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Two civilians killed and several houses burnt down by ADF in Mambasa
On Sunday June 25, 2023, armed men identified as ADF rebels invaded the locality of Manya on National Road number 4 in Mambasa territory of Ituri province. According to local civil society, the rebels killed two civilians during the incursion and set fire to several houses belonging to the local population. This organization denounces the…
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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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New Congolese civil society reacts to deaths in Mahagi central prison
At the end of the day, there was a deadly crisis at the Mahagi central prison in the territory bearing the same name in Ituri province. Eight inmates have died in six months, with the most recent case occurring on Wednesday June 21, 2023. The new Congolese civil society is sounding the alarm. Its spokesman,…
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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,…