Tag results for: DRC

Efforts for peace continue to be made in the Congo. On the 23rd of November in Luanda, a peace conference was held in an attempt to solve the crisis ongoing in DRC’s east. At quick glance it may look like the conference, and the subsequent conference held in Nairobi on November 28th, was successful. They managed to establish a...

Early this Saturday morning at 1:00AM local time, a soldier, most likely belonging to the FARDC (the armed forces of the DRC), crossed into Rwandan territory at the Petite Barrière border crossing, and opened fire on Rwandan guard towers. The incident occurred directly at the border crossing. Rwanda claims that none of the soldiers were injured but that the other combatant...

"No one will take Goma" A strong message from Kenyan General Jeff Nyagah, the head of the East African Community’s (EAC) intervention force in the Eastern Congo. His promise is in regards to the recent advances of the M23 rebels, who have been placed a mere 20km from Goma, the regional capital of the North Kivu province. They took the...

Two people are dead with 15 more injured after UN forces opened fire upon civilians and border guards  at a border crossing between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda in the countries East. The shooting was caught on video, outraging people internationally. The video shows the UN attempting to cross the border, briefly arguing when they were stopped...

Anti-United Nations demonstrations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have turned deadly, with at least 15 people reportedly killed, as civil unrest brews in the country’s North Kivu province against what protestors say is a lack of action taken by peacekeepers to protect the region from waring rebel and Islamic insurgency groups. https://twitter.com/511ZGS/status/1551549010338611203?s=20&t=6C8T8obPXeuDRuRB3LttHA On Monday, crowds blocked roads and gathered...