Mozambique’s long-held dreams of natural gas have got a fresh boost following an estimated $1.1 billion contract award by ExxonMobil for the Rovuma LNG Phase 1 project in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado region. The signing of the contracts represents a big leap towards FID for the project, whose objective is to build onshore LNG facilities with […]
Night police roadblocks have reappeared in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC, to track down taxis accused of kidnapping, assaulting and ransoming helpless passengers. Their “Road-block” operation allows ordinary vehicles to pass and only stops taxis, recognizable by their yellow color, ordered to park on the side and open their […]
About 50 people are feared dead after an artisanal gold mine flooded in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after torrential rains. The accident in the makeshift mine occurred on Friday in the town of Kamituga, in South Kivu province, about 270 kilometres (170 miles) southwest of the regional capital Bukavu. Rescue workers began to […]
At least 50 humans are concept to have misplaced their lives after an artisanal gold mine collapsed close to Kamituga, a mining town in the Mwenga Territory, South Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Images and video footage posted on social media networks showed lots of humans – some of whom could […]
Armed Protection A United Nations safety element of armed guards is stationed at the Panzi Hospital close to Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo the place renowned gynaecologist and dying threat target Denis Mukwege is formally underneath protection at his dwelling — following neighborhood protests and worldwide calls for his safety. Dr. Nfunfiko Kaguguku, Medical Director […]
Dr Denis Mukwege has been placed under the security of United Nations forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo after receiving death threats. Mukwege won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018 for his work in treating rape victims in the conflict in eastern DR Congo. The UN is also ensuring security at the Panzi clinic, […]
Violence broke out in Kinshasa on Friday, near the Supreme Court of the Democratic Republic of Congo, as police subdued a rally of protesters demanding the immediate expulsion of new Rwandan ambassador, Vincent Karega. They are accusing the ambassador of being a records revisionist claiming he has denied Rwanda’s role in the numerous massacres of […]
Hundreds of human beings should be observed marching in the streets of Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province in the japanese area of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday. They raised their voices in harmony with Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Dr Denis Mukwege – who has been the target of dying threats due […]
Congolese Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Denis Mukwege is calling on the European Union to implement a system that would allow people to raise the alarm “to prevent atrocities.” Mukwege spoke to EU lawmakers on Monday via video-link. “We need to create a system which allows people to raise the alarm. These individuals who are […]
A series of terrifying death threats — which began back in July, is being aimed at Congolese Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Denis Mukwege after he condemned the massacre of 18 people in South Kivu, the conflict-ridden province in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The United Nations is vehemently raising the […]
An armed group in the Democratic Republic of Congo has declared a unilateral ceasefire. The Co-operative for the Development of Congo, or CODECO, has been condemned by the UN for massacres akin to crimes against humanity. The group, made up of Lendu people, has historically clashed with Hema people, in a conflict that has killed […]
DRC opposition leaders, Martin Fayulu and Adolphe Muzito returned to Kinshasa Saturday after several months of absence. They’ve both been abroad due to the suspension of international flights following the coronavirus pandemic. The two leaders, members of the Lamuka coalition landed at N’djili airport shortly before 1pm local time. The two politicians took a few […]
Ebola outbreak in the western section of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is of grave difficulty as instances attain one hundred in much less than a hundred days, the regional director of the World Health Organization (WHO) for Africa said on Friday. In a statement, the UN health enterprise said, the outbreak has in […]
Zambian troops occupying two villages in the southeast Democratic Republic of Congo have withdrawn after regional mediation led to a step forward in a long-running border dispute, the Congolese authorities has announced. Fighting broke out in mid-March between the Zambian and Congolese armies when the Zambian troopers took manipulate of the villages at Muliro-Kibambe in […]
Supporters of Vital Kamerhe gathered in Kinsasha on Friday only to discover the appeal hearing of the former chief of staff to Democratic Republic of Congo President Félix Tshisekedi had been postponed again. It has now been pushed back a further two weeks to August 21st. Mr Kamerhe was found guility in June of embezzlement, […]
2 Decades Behind Bars Fifteen militiamen have been sentenced to twenty years in prison, introduced the Congolese army court stated Wednesday, for their participation in a political uprising in Ituri in the northeastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2019. One militiaman was once acquitted for lack of evidence, army prosecutor Major Vicky […]
The Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo’s northwest is growing, according to health officials, sounding the alarm weeks after the country officially declared an end to a separate Ebola epidemic which claimed over 2,000 lives. There have been 54 confirmed cases since June 1 in Mbandaka, a transport hub in Equateur province, including 22 deaths, […]
Thousands of protesters gather in the DR Congo capital Kinshasa, four days after five people were killed in banned demonstrations over the choice of a new election chief. Protesters gathered in Boulevard Lumumba, one of the city’s main avenues, marching around a vehicle carrying former warlord and opposition chief Jean-Pierre Bemba. The police broke up […]
