Headlines- Although the United States is prepared to strike Iran "at any time," US President Donald Trump says he does not see the fresh fighting lasting "too long."
- Iran's attack on a Saudi tanker in the Strait of Hormuz that claimed two lives has been denounced by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.
- Alex Kiprotich, a Kenyan newspaper editor, is abducted by armed men, and his employer suspects the government
- According to a new ruling, Tyler R., the man accused with killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk in September of last year, may be executed if found guilty in the murder case.
- Joshua Wong, a pro-democracy activist of Hong Kong, pleaded a guilty to a charge of conspiring with foreign organizations on Wednesday.
- Over 1,270 people have died as a result of last week's massive flash flood at the Himalayan border between Nepal and China.
Tag: Democratic Republic of Congo
Congolese Refugees in Uganda
Thousands of people who fled to Uganda have decided to return, despite sporadic violence in parts of eastern DR Congo. Others have chosen to stay because they are uncertain about the future.Armed groups and the Congolese armed forces clashed in early November, prompting asylum seekers to escape to Uganda
DRC Violence: Displaced Children
The lives and futures of more than three million displaced children are at risk in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) while the world is looking the other way, according to a report released today by the UN Children’s Fund
Congo: Journalist Arrested in Hospital Without...
Prosecuted for simple alleged defamation, a director of publication was arrested while he was hospitalized. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) denounces unfair methods, illegal detention, and calls for his immediate release
Children Malneutrition 2021
UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is deeply concerned for the health and well-being of 10.4 million children projected to suffer from acute malnutrition next year in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), northeast Nigeria, the Central Sahel, South Sudan and Yemen
Covid-19: Fears of a Catastrophe in...
Particularly worrying is the situation of the overcrowded Congolese prisons, defined as “real places of daily death due to famine and lack of medical treatment. Prisoners survive only thanks to volunteers and food supplies from their families; given that, due to Covid-19, visits are no longer allowed in prisons, the NDSCI fears a massacre of prisoners in the very near future”
DRC: Community Radio Station Burnt Down...
Covering the epidemic can be very risky. Health measures sometimes arouse very strong hostility from part of the population and from the armed groups raging in eastern DRC. On November 2, Papy Mahamba Mumbere, a journalist for Lwemba community radio , was murdered a few hours after hosting a program on the response to Ebola
DRC: a Closed Radio, One of...
On 12 November, during an interview between RSF, JED and Felix Tshisekedi, on the sidelines of the Paris Peace Forum, the Congolese President supported the idea of a moratorium on the arrests of journalists in the exercise of their duties. functions until the 1996 Press Law is revised
DR Congo: Development Banks Linked to...
The 95-page report, “A Dirty Investment: European Development Banks’ Link to Abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Palm Oil Industry,” documents that investment banks owned by Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom are failing to protect the rights of people working and living on three plantations they finance
UN Security Council Considers Situation in...
A wide view of the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo as Leila Zerrougui (on screen), Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, briefs the Council
UN Report: More than 113 Million...
The FAO report says that 2018 was the third consecutive year in which the number of people facing all levels of food insecurity topped the 100 million mark, although it was slightly better than 2017’s number of 124 million people. The study said some countries were less affected by severe weather events such as drought and flooding