DRC: Nearly 400 extrajudicial executions in November 2021
Nearly 400 extrajudicial executions were recorded in the Democratic Republic of Congo in November, more than 10% of them committed by Congolese security forces, with […]
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Several dead and wounded in a suicide attack on Christmas Day in Beni
A suicide bomber detonated his bomb on Christmas Day in Beni, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), killing seven people and wounding 20, […]
‘Congo hold-up’: Former President Kabila threatens to file a complaint
Lawyers of former Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila announced Thursday that their client “reserves the right to file a complaint” against the media […]
Nigeria destroys one million doses of expired covid vaccine
Nigeria’s health authorities destroyed more than a million doses of expired coronavirus vaccine in Abuja on Wednesday. A move aimed at reassuring a wary public. […]
Gunmen attack UN convoy in DRC
Three staff members of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) were injured on Wednesday when their convoy was attacked by gunmen in the Eastern Democratic Republic […]
DRC: Former minister Willy Bakonga released after 7 months in prison in Kinshasa
The former minister of Education of the Democratic Republic of Congo Willy Bakonga, sentenced in March to three years in prison for “money laundering”, was […]
Double attack in Uganda: Five suspects shot dead by the police
Ugandan police announced Thursday that they have shot dead five suspects and arrested 21 people as part of the investigation into a recent double suicide […]
Three dead, 33 injured in two “suicide bombings” in Kampala
At least three people were killed and 33 injured Tuesday in the Ugandan capital Kampala in a double “suicide attack” carried out by a “local […]
The Constitutional Court of the DRC withdraws from the Matata Ponyo case
The Constitutional Court of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ruled on Monday in Kinshasa that it had no jurisdiction to try former Prime Minister […]
Rebels and security forces killed in Eastern DRC
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, six rebels, two police officers and one Congolese soldier were killed during an incursion by armed men on Tuesday […]