The New Times on MSN2h
What if M23’s struggle was also a feminist one?
In late January, global media reported the horrifying news of more than 150 women inmates raped by male inmates during a prison escape in DR Congo. What the media failed to mention is that this was ...
Mongabay News1d
DRC conflict so far ‘devastating’ to Indigenous lands & people: Interview with Samuel Ade Ndasi
The resumption of hostilities since the M23 (March 23 Movement) rebel group resurged and captured territories in the eastern ...
Opinion
The New Times on MSN1dOpinion
DR Congo: The silence of the West in the face of serious Human rights violations - indifference or complicity?
In today's world, the rising demand for natural resources – oil, gas, and especially minerals critical for technology – has emerged as a strategic priority for many nations. For this, human rights ...
UNHCR4d
UNHCR calls for continued protection and assistance for Congolese fleeing escalating conflict in eastern DR Congo
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today issued a new position on returns to the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), advising that Congolese nationals fleeing the conflict, as well as those ...
DR Congo accuses Rwanda of faking genocide suspects video
The army of the Democratic Republic of Congo has accused Rwanda of dressing up prisoners in military uniforms in an effort to ...
The Tablet7d
Charities report ‘apocalyptic’ violence in eastern DR Congo
The discovery of 70 bodies in an abandoned Church reveals the severity of the violence afflicting the east of the Democratic ...
'They took all the women here': Rape survivors recall horror of DR Congo jailbreak
"People were dying in front of our eyes. I couldn't count them. We tried to revive them by giving them water. Some women were ...
Opinion
The EastAfrican15dOpinion
There is ugliness in DR Congo, but the people are making great things in war
When hundreds escaped from Goma’s Munzenze central prison, the tenacious citizens of Goma captured it all on their phones, including the fire that broke out.
Daily Post Nigeria16d
DR Congo violence has pushed 35,000 to Burundi – United Nations
were reportedly sprung from prison in Goma, Kabare and Bukavu in recent days. Similarly, the Director of the UN Joint Human Rights Office in DR Congo, UNJHRO, Patrice Vahard, in a statement ...
Anadolu Ajansi16d
Worsening humanitarian crisis in DR Congo continues to worry Africa's health body
If security situation not resolved and combined with US aid suspension, DR Congo will become epicenter of major pandemic outbreak, says Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief M23 ...
UN News Centre17d
DR Congo violence has pushed 35,000 to Burundi, says UN refugee agency
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) in DRC also expressed concern over growing lawlessness as warlords responsible for grave crimes including rape, were reportedly sprung from prison in Goma ... Human ...
Opinion
Congo Is Bleeding. Where Is the Outrage?
Congo has been plagued by war for nearly three decades. Millions of people have been displaced, and rape has consistently been used as a weapon of war. Most estimates state that over six million ...