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According to the United Nations, nearly seven million people have been displaced in the DRC — the highest number yet recorded in the country.
Source: https://mg.co.za/africa/2023-12-09-ahead-of-dr-congo-vote-people-in-volatile-east-feel-abandoned/
“A good example has been given by DRC and Zambia, when they’re going to come up with a joint project on the production of batteries for electric vehicles.”
Among those sanctioned are two militia leaders in the DRC for violating international humanitarian law by commanding groups to carry out acts of sexual violence, Désiré Londroma Ndjukpa and William Yakutumba.
Biggest Papal Masses Ever: How Does Today’s Mass in the DRC Compare?
Source: https://www.ncregister.com/cna/biggest-papal-masses-ever-how-does-today-s-mass-in-the-drc-compare
Burundi, the current Chair of the East African Community, has deployed the first batch of its troops to Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Source: https://www.eyeradio.org/burundi-starts-sending-troops-to-troubled-eastern-drc/
Dr was jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018, for his medical work with DRC women who had been raped.
Endemic to the DRC, this species was influential in the establishment of Lomami National Park, a key bonobo habitat, and the first national park established after a 40-year gap.
Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has urged President William Ruto to fire his predecessor as his peace envoy to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Ethiopia if he continues to disrespect him.
However, for the people of the DRC — some of the poorest in the world — this could mean more years of pollution and ill-health from dirty cooking fuels such as charcoal.
Source: https://dailycaller.com/2023/02/03/opinion-the-lefts-climate-imperialism-vijay-jayaraj/
Just like in DRC, there was a United Nations force that did so little to stop what was happening, and a government that actively made one section of its population a target for persecution.
Kabwe Port averages 1,200 tonnes of cargo and 400 passengers a month, with a larger per cent destined for DRC.
Lutundula, the DRC foreign minister, said the Angolan soldiers were not there “to carry out attacks but to see how things are on the ground”.
Source: https://www.eyeradio.org/diplomatic-push-sparks-little-hope-for-end-to-dr-congo-conflict/
Since mid-2022, officials from the DRC, Rwanda, and other countries in the region have met several times to discuss ways to end the fighting.
Since then, the Rwandan government has maintained that there are negative forces resident in eastern DRC out to destabilise Rwanda, a reference to the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR).
So for locals and some DRC politicians, the East African force lacks legitimacy.
“Some areas can only be reached by dugout canoe, or even on foot through the forest,” says Alexis Mpesha, logistics manager for one of MSF's emergency teams in DRC.
Sponsoring him are Stanforth butchers, Bold Venture Garage and Appleyards Motorcycles along with support from DRC leathers and MC Tints and Graphics.
The camp was designed to accommodate about 12,000 people but now is home to over 50,000 refugees from the DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Ethiopia and Somalia.
Source: https://www.newdelhitimes.com/relocated-refugees-in-malawi-decry-dehumanizing-conditions/
The DRC shares a with five east African countries: Burundi, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.
The head of MONUSCO, and Special Representative to DRC, Bintou Keita, briefed the Security Council in December, telling ambassadors that the security situation had “deteriorated dramatically” in previous weeks.