Displaced families in DRC face daily struggle for survival-UNHCR

Mwamini, 39, and four of her children at their shelter in the Bushagara displacement site near Goma, DRC-© UNHCR/Guerchom Ndebo By Cedric Kalonji and Donna Omulo   By 9 a.m., Odette, 44,... Read more »

113 asylum seekers from DRC arrived in Rwanda in September 2024

On 26 September, 119 refugees and asylum seekers were evacuated from Libya to the ETM in Rwanda. This marked the 19th evacuation flight since 2019 and the fourth in 2024. The new... Read more »

UNHCR, DRC, Rwanda discuss in Addis Ababa voluntary repatriation of refugees

UNHCR , the UN Refugee Agency, together with DRC and Rwanda concluded today a two-day tripartite meeting on the voluntary repatriation of Congolese and Rwandan refugees from both countries. The meeting updated... Read more »

Les agglomérations de Pinga, Kalonge, Kalembe, Kishali et Ihula tombées dans les mains du M23

Les rebelles du M23 Le M23 contrôle les agglomérations de Pinga, Kalonge,  Kalembe, Kishali et Ihula en territoire de Walikale en province du Nord-Kivu à l’est de la RDC C’est après de... Read more »

Arrestation d’un Banyamulenge de 65 ans suite à la disparition d’un drone-FARDC

Zachée Runezerwa (65 ans) est détenu dans un container de l’armée congolaise. Il a été arrêté ce 22 octobre dans la localité de Runundu Minembwe sur le territoire de Fizi, en province... Read more »

African women mobilize to end hostilities in DRC in structured support to ongoing peace processes

Women from across the continent have mobilized to support João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, President of the Republic of Angola and Champion of the AU for Peace and Reconciliation in Africa, in his... Read more »

DRC starts mpox vaccination in high-priority provinces

The Ministry of Public Health and Prevention, supported by UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), Africa CDC and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, today started vaccinating vulnerable groups against mpox in high-priority provinces... Read more »

Anti-Tutsi hate speech in DRC reminds Rwanda’s history marked by the 1994 Tutsi genocide- Foreign Minister

Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs Olivier Nduhungirehe The Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs Olivier Nduhungirehe participated in a high-level event on the fight against antisemitism and hate speech through education Titled “Combatting... Read more »

UNICEF scales up efforts to protect children from mpox outbreak in the DRC

As the number of mpox cases continues to rise across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UNICEF is stepping up its support to the government to protect and save the lives... Read more »

Une nouvelle réunion le 14 septembre à Luanda pour faire avancer le plan de neutralisation des FDLR

L’Est de la RDC est occupé par beaucoup de groupes armés. Une nouvelle réunion ministérielle entre les parties congolaise et rwandaise est annoncée pour ce vendredi 14 septembre à Luanda avec pour... Read more »