Tag: DR Congo
MONUSCO drawdown plans on track
The UN Security Council will “soon” be presented with a joint strategy for the progressive and phased drawdown of MONUSCO, according to Leila Zerrougui,...
C-130BZ recovery team quarantined at AFB Swartkop
An SA Air Force (SAAF) technical team was quarantined at the country’s oldest air force base – Swartkop – after returning from assisting with...
MONUSCO to “demilitarise and close offices”
Work is underway on a joint strategy for MONUSCO to “gradually and responsibly exit” the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) but this is not...
DR Congo prisoners starve to death
Fifty-two inmates of a prison in north-eastern DR Congo city Bunia starved to death this year because of insufficient government funding, according to the...
Villagers killed in eastern DR Congo, Islamist militants suspected
Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 53 villagers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province this week, a local official said.
Authorities blamed the...
MONUSCO head denies logistic support for armed groups in DRC
The senior civilian UN representative in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) denounces “fanciful rumours” the UN mission is providing logistic support to armed...
DR Congo Nobel laureate again under UN guard
United Nations peacekeepers resumed protection of Congo’s Nobel Prize Laureate Denis Mukwege, who received death threats after he called for justice over serious human...
Top UN official in Africa told leave the FIB alone
The United Nations, in the form of a senior official tasked with African peace operations, was on the receiving end of a message “not...
SA soldiers rescue young girl from DRC rebels
A South African infantry platoon was instrumental in rescuing a 10-year-old girl from a rebel force in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), adding...
Faction of DR Congo rebel group surrenders after internal revolt
Almost 500 fighters from a faction of one the largest armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have surrendered to the government just...
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Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille’s R37 million Beit Bridge fence upgrade as part of government efforts to prevent the spread of...
