Kinshasa Informer

Congo-Kinshasa: More Flaws in UN Dossier On DR Congo – New Report In one of the articles, Hege criticised the joint Rwanda-DRC military operations, which had brought relative peace to Eastern DRC. He claimed FDLR had rightly been disappointed by Kinshasa's growing ties with Kigali following the 2009 peace deal … Full News here – [...]

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We Are Here to Learn, Anything More Is a Welcome Bonus – DR Congo Coach … Congo-Kinshasa/Algeria: We Are Here to Learn, Anything More Is a Welcome Bonus – DR Congo Coach Migne. 16 March 2013. DR Congo will make their debut appearance at the 12th Orange CAF U-20 African Championship that starts in Algeria [...]

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Congo-Kinshasa: More Than 3000 Congolese Flee to Uganda to Escape Clashes Kampala, Uganda — The UN refugee agency said Thursday that fighting between rebel fighters and a militia group in eastern Congo has forced a reported 3,000 people to flee across the border into southern Uganda's Kanungu district over the past 10 days. Full News [...]

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Congo-Kinshasa: More Than 25000 Refugees Return Home From Republic of … Dongo — The UN refugee agency has helped more than 25,000 Congolese return to their homes in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from neighbouring Republic of Congo under a voluntary repatriation programme launched in May this year … Full News here – [...]

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Water in DRC More Often Cause of Death Than Source of Life Congo-Kinshasa: Water in DRC More Often Cause of Death Than Source of Life. By Donat Muamba, 5 September 2012. Comment. Mbuji Mayi, DR Congo — Despite the desperate lack of access to water for domestic use in Mwene Ditu, in the central … [...]

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More Help Needed to Control Livestock Disease Outbreak Kinshasa — The Ministry of Agriculture in the Democratic Republic of Congo has called for more support to control an epidemic of peste des petits ruminants (PPR), a contagious viral disease that has already killed tens of thousands of goats and sheep. Full News here – Read [...]

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More Military Officers Defect to Rebel Group Since M23 rebels emerged, several officers have joined them – accusing the Kinshasa government of no fulfilling a peace deal signed back in March 2009. Many say they are never paid and are given no food. Among the demands, the CNDP soldiers do not … Full News here [...]

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UN Humanitarian Chief Urges More Support of People Fleeing Violence in … Congo-Kinshasa: UN Humanitarian Chief Urges More Support of People Fleeing Violence in Eastern DR Congo. 9 August 2012. Comment. Photo: Marie Cacace/Oxfam. The UN reports that more than two million people are now displaced across the DR … Full News here – Read [...]

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I’m still waiting for the really great act that will define WOMAD’s 30th birthday show – and I suspect it could be Jupiter from Kinshasa, or the new Robert Plant featuring Justin and Juldeh from JuJu. I saw their warm-up show in London a … Full News here – Kinshasa – Bing News

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Congo-Kinshasa: More Evidence of Rwanda's Rebel Support Goma — What began in April as a localised mutiny by soldiers in the eastern Kivu provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has escalated into a diplomatic fall-out between the DRC and its diminutive but powerful neighbour Rwanda, which … Full News here – Read [...]

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North Kivu Displaced Need More Help Congo-Kinshasa: North Kivu Displaced Need More Help. 25 June 2012. Comment. Nairobi — Humanitarians are struggling to meet the basic needs of over 200000 people recently displaced by clashes in North Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of … Full News here – Read more on AllAfrica.com

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Congo-Kinshasa: More Than 5000 Flee to Uganda Amid Fresh Fighting Geneva — Renewed fighting over the last week in Democratic Republic of the Congo's North Kivu province has caused more than 5000 people to flee across the border into south-west Uganda and left an unknown number internally displaced. As of Monday … Full News here [...]

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