Tag: Congo DRC

FILE PHOTO: Congolese Defense Forces soldiers and United Nations forces patrol an area near the town of Oicha, 30 km (20 miles) from Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo. /AP

Militants kill 7 in eastern DR Congo

by AFP

June 11, 2023

Militants have killed seven civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local officials said on Sunday, in the latest attack ...

LUKUTU, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - MARCH 21: A barge with about three hundred people has ran a ground in the evening on the Congo River on March 21, 2006 outside Lukutu, Congo, DRC. They are some of about five hundred people traveling on a boat from Kisangani to Kinshasa, a journey of about 1750 kilometers. The captain could not get the barge off and the people had to spend the night in the middle off the river, and they were only rescued the following day. Lukutu, located along the Congo River, is a small village with a palm oil factory and an economy of agriculture and fishing. Congo River is a lifeline for millions of people, who depend on it for transport and trade. During the Mobuto era, big boats run by the state company ONATRA dominated the traffic on the river. These boats had cabins and restaurants etc. All the boats are now private and are mainly barges that transport goods. The crews sell tickets to passengers who travel in very bad conditions, mixing passengers with animals, goods and only about two toilets for five hundred passengers. The conditions on the boats often resemble conditions in a refugee camp. Congo is planning to hold general elections by July 2006, the first democratic elections in forty years. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Exclusive by Getty Images)

DR Congo launches investigations after dead fish wash up on Lake Kivu

by Abraham

June 5, 2022

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have temporarily suspended fishing in a part of Lake Kivu in Minova, South ...

Republic of the Congo to vaccinate 4 mln people against yellow fever

by Abraham

October 17, 2021

The Republic of the Congo’s Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee for Immunization adopted Saturday a plan to implement the preventive vaccination campaign ...

AU, ECOWAS chiefs hold meeting on Mali situation

by Abraham

May 26, 2021

FILE PHOTO: UN peacekeepers standing guard near Timbuktu’s airport in Mali, February 4, 2016. /VCG Photo The Democratic Republic of ...

31 people dead in DR Congo plague outbreak

by AFP

February 20, 2021

A total of thirty-one people have lost their lives in an outbreak of plague that erupted in northeastern DR Congo ...

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