Africa News Update
Congo-Kinshasa: Fighting for peace in DRC's Kivu region (analysis)
Goma (Congo-Kinshasa) - A year ago, Goma town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was temporarily home to tens of thousands displaced by fighting between government forces and various armed groups. Now, many have returned to their villages. Read >
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN)
Congo-Kinshasa: Electronics firms urged to boycott 'blood minerals'
Washington D.C. (USA) — The world's mass consumption of cell phones, laptops and other electronics fuels widespread sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to a new study released Wednesday by the non-profit Enough Project that echoes what many human rights activists and humanitarian workers have been saying for years. Read >
Thursday, 02 April 2009
Inter Press Service (IPS)
Congo-Kinshasa: Joblessness rises as global crisis hits mining
Lubumbashi (The Republic of Congo) — It is busy at the gates of Bralima brewery in Lubumbashi, the capital of Katanga province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). About 60 men are waiting at the doors, hoping for them to open and someone to offer them work. Read >
Thursday, 12 February 2009
Inter Press Service (IPS)
Congo-Kinshasa: Are Rwanda and DRC setting the stage for war?
Nairobi (Kenya) - Is Rwanda about to invade the Democratic Republic of Congo? That was the big question last week as tension and military activity continued to build up rapidly in eastern Congo. Read >
Monday, 13 October 2008
The East African (Nairobi)
Congo-Kinshasa: War victims speak
Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo) - In Africa's worst conflicts, victims' voices are rarely heard during the elite debate that treats peace and justice as though they were an either-or. However, thousands of victims in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have told researchers for a newly-published survey that peace and justice must go hand in hand. Read >
Tuesday, 26 August 2008
allAfrica.com, by Suliman Baldo
Congo-Kinshasa: UN renews probe into plunder of resources
The United Nations Panel of Experts on the illegal exploitation of the natural resources in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is set to visit Zimbabwe again this year after the Security Council on Wednesday unanimously renewed its mandate to gather more information. Read >
Friday, 15 August 2003
The Independent (Zimbabwe)
Congo-Kinshasa: UN authorises military force
The United Nations will try to stop widespread genocidal killings in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by arming its peacekeepers with a robust new mandate, including a licence to kill. Read >
Monday, 28 July 2003
Inter Press Service (IPS), By Thalif Deen
Congo-Kinshasa: New government wins UN and donors' support
The formation last week of a broad-based transitional government in the Democratic Republic of Congo drew support from the country's neighbours and donors, even as cracks appeared in the new arrangement. Read >
Monday, 21 July 2003
The EastAfrican (Kenya), By Wairagala Wakabi and Musinguzi Bamuturaki
Congo-Kinshasa: Controversial rebel leader sworn in
Kinshasa - Former rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba, a convicted people-trafficker whose rebel group is accused of war crimes, was Thursday sworn in as a vice president in a peace-making government in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Read >
Friday, 18 July 2003
Mail&Guardian/Sapa (South Africa)