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Army deploys 157 troops for peace keeping mission to South Sudan
The Martin Luther Agwai International Leadership and Peacekeeping Center, on Wednesday, rounded off the training of 157 Army troops deployed for a peacekeeping mission to Abyei in South Sudan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the troops, primarily from Nigerian Company 2 to the United Nations Interim Security Force in Abyei (NIGCOY 2 UNISFA), consisted of 15 officers…
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Africa
Amsterdam & Partners LLP Appointed by Democratic Republic of Congo to Investigate Laundering of Critical Minerals
LONDON — His Excellency Mr. Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has met in Kinshasa with members of the law firm Amsterdam & Partners LLP, which has been retained by the Government of the DRC in order to conduct investigations, pursuant to Congolese and international law, concerning the supply chain of 3T minerals (tin, tungsten,…
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Congo president says Ugandan troops’ presence is temporary
Democratic Republic of Congo’s President, Felix Tshisekedi, said he would ensure that Ugandan troops’ presence in Congo, where they are fighting an Islamist militant group alongside Congolese forces, is for a limited period. Uganda and Congo launched a joint operation against the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an armed group allied with Islamic State, but have given few details about its…
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Congo parliament commission asks govt. to scrap unpopular phone levy
A parliamentary commission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has recommended the government scrap an unpopular “phone tax”, saying it has not been able to trace the funds raised so far, according to a parliamentary report seen by Reuters. The levy, introduced by the telecoms ministry last year, was aimed at raising funds for Congo’s telecoms regulator to be able…
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Africa
Congo orders evacuation from Goma as volcano threatens again
Congo DR authorities have ordered people to evacuate parts of the city of Goma, as Mount Nyiragongo volcano threatens to erupt again. The order given on Thursday night sparked a second round of exodus of tens of thousands of people. “Current data on seismicity and the deformation of the ground indicate the presence of magma under the urban area of…
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Africa
Pay protest: Congolese health workers tone down response
Health workers responding to the coronavirus outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital have cut their services to a minimum in protest against unpaid bonuses, they said on Tuesday. In a letter to the prime minister, an association of health workers demanded four months of bonuses, increased pay and government support for family members of colleagues who died from COVID-19.…
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Ebola: outbreak in East Congo no longer emergency – WHO
The World Health Organization said on Friday that the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that was declared over on Thursday no longer constitutes an international public health emergency. The WHO declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern last July, about a year after it was first detected. The epidemic, the second-largest on record, saw…
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NEWS
3 dead in Congolese mine attacks
Mining company Société Minière de Bisunzu (SMB), on Wednesday said three people had been killed and three others injured in a grenade attack on its coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. SMB’s mine near Rubaya in North Kivu province has seen an increase in violent clashes between local artisanal miners and mine police. “Two policemen were targeted in…
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Africa
Seleka rebel infighting in Central African Republic kills 17
Seventeen people were killed in a gun battle between rival factions of the Seleka rebels in territory they control in Central African Republic, a rebel spokesman said on Tuesday. The clash over control of potentially lucrative roadblocks highlights factional tensions within the coalition that for months has controlled the north of a country riven along sectarian lines by a conflict…
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U.N. forces use drones for first time, in eastern Congo
United Nations forces in Democratic Republic of Congo launched unmanned aircraft on Tuesday to monitor the volatile border with Rwanda and Uganda, the first time U.N. peacekeepers have deployed surveillance drones. The aircraft will be used to look out for threats from a host of local and foreign armed groups in the mineral rich east where Congo and U.N. experts…
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