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  • Two days after catastrophic flash flood struck the border between China and Nepal, rescue workers have resumed searching for hundreds of people who are still missing.
  • At least 538 people killed and another 1,300 went missing on Wednesday after landslides caused by a glacial collapse unleashed a torrent of mud and water across Nepal and China's autonomous region of Tibet.
  • Iran's President Pezeshkian and Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf met with Qatar's prime minister and foreign minister to discuss ongoing efforts to defuse the situation in the region.
  • According to Iran's security chief, Moshen Rezaei, his country is preparing together a list of conditions to submit to the United States in order to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
  • In an attempt to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America," US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday, further escalating his conflict with Canada and its prime minister.
  • Mazloum Abdi, the leader of the now-dissolved Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), has been named presidential advisor by Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.

Tag: Goma

March 31, 2024

Congo’s IDP Camps Volunteers Bring Children...

Goma, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has been hosting displaced Saké and nearby people. In several camps near Goma, almost 60,000 displaced persons have joined thousands of others.Reporter Zanem Zaidi has the story on how a group of young volunteers is helping the thousands of recently displaced children with song and dance to cope with their trauma.

October 1, 2023

DRC Initiative fights Waste Pollution in...

Resilience for Development Group, a non-governmental organization led by entrepreneur Mukengere Muderhwa Bienvenu from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is helping residents of eastern city of Goma by cleaning up pollution from Lake Kivu, which is where they get their drinking water.

January 1, 2019

Presidential Election in DRC

Election officials assisted voters to find their names in voter rolls and to determine their voting stations

November 28, 2018

Congolese warlord Ntabo Ntaberi Cheka Trial

The trial of the Congolese warlord Ntabo Ntaberi Cheka is underway in Goma, a provincial capital in the restive eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The trial has started on 24 November this year and is conducted by an operational military court. Cheka has been leading the Nduma Defense of Congo, or NDC, one of …

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