Tag: Goma

DRC: M23 rebels seize eastern town as armed conflict enters alarming new phase

March 7, 2024

At least 15 people were killed and thousands displaced as the M23 rebel group on Wednesday (6 March) seized a town in eastern Democratic Republic ... Read More

Oil exploration in DRC’s peatlands, forests draws warnings of environmental catastrophe

November 8, 2022

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) launched in July bids for 30 oil and gas blocks, with thirteen of them crossing through ... Read More

DRC’s protests: 15 people killed in Congo’s east amid anti-UN demonstrations

July 27, 2022

The death toll following the protests against a United Nations peacekeeping force in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo this Tuesday (26 July) rose to 15. ... Read More

UN considering proposal on neutral force deployment in Eastern DRC

September 14, 2012

The United Nations peace keeping operations department is looking into the proposal to deploy a neutral force in the eastern parts of the Democratic Republic ... Read More