The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) reassured Ugandans on Wednesday that its collaboration with the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) remains ongoing despite the fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The situation around the Uganda-Congo border was calm on Tuesday after M23 rebels captured Goma, […]
Rebels marched into the center of east Congo’s largest city on Monday, witnesses said, in the latest escalation of decades of conflict in a region already suffering one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. Patrick Kamara hosts Mr Dismas Nkunda, Hon James Mbahimba, Brig Gen Felix Kulayigye, and Mr Sam […]
By Patrick Ilunga The Democratic Republic of Congo has suspended broadcasts by the Qatar-based Al Jazeera network for 90 days “on a precautionary basis”. The decision by the Conseil Superieur de l’Audiovisuel et de la Communication (CSAC, French for broadcasting and communication council) came on Monday, three days after the Information […]
By Reuters A Congolese military tribunal has sentenced 13 soldiers to death on charges including murder, looting, and cowardice in what military authorities said was a drive to improve army discipline after territorial losses due to soldiers fleeing. The soldiers were sentenced on Tuesday in the town of Lubero in […]
BY REUTERS International lawyers for the Democratic Republic of Congo welcomed Apple’s AAPL.O decision to stop sourcing minerals from there due to worsening conflict, but said they would press ahead with their cases against the company in Europe. Criminal complaints were filed against Apple subsidiaries in France and Belgium this […]
