More than 50 people charged with crimes in connection with the 2017 slayings of two UN staffers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been sentenced to death. A military court imposed the death penalty on 51 of the 54 defendants who were charged in the case, and an …
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The report focused on allegations of abuses committed by WHO personnel who were hired locally, as well as some of its international staff deployed to the country while the agency was fighting an Ebola outbreak in the DRC between 2018 and 2020. The investigation interviewed numerous women who said they …
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News outlets reported on Saturday that a second volcano had erupted near Goma, just one week after the previous catastrophic eruption which destroyed roads and homes and left thousands of people displaced. “Today the Murara volcano erupted near an uninhabited area of Virunga erupted,” said Congolese government spokesman Patrick Muyaya …
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“Given these scientific observations, an eruption on land or under the lake cannot be ruled out at present, and it could occur with very little or no warning,” Ndima Kongba, the military governor of North Kivu province told the media on Thursday. He said that data indicates the presence of …
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“The evacuation plan for the city of Goma has been activated,” Communications Minister Patrick Muyaya announced on Saturday as red-hot lava was making its way towards the eastern city of 670,000. Before the official announcement, residents began grabbing their belongings and fleeing in panic, with some crossing into neighboring Rwanda. …
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The volcano began erupting around 7:00 pm local time on Saturday. Footage shared online shows Nyiragongo spitting smoke and fire into the air, turning the night skies red. The Mount is located some 10 km (6 miles) north of Goma, a city of some 670,000 people, which in turn is …
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The Italian Foreign Ministry confirmed that Ambassador Luca Attanasio and a member of the country’s Carabinieri police were killed during an attack on a UN convoy in the city of Goma in eastern Congo, near the border with Rwanda. According to Rai News, the head of the EU delegation in …
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The Democratic Republic of Congo are appearing at their first ever IHF Men’s Handball Championships, and fell to a gutsy 28-22 defeat to Argentina in their opening Group D game in Cairo on Friday. Despite the disappointment of the result, the 26-year-old Mvumbi showed unerring accuracy as he netted four …
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The website Readovka: Prigogine could have been killed in the Congo. In an environment of the businessman say that he does not communicate Readovka edition with reference to own sources close to the PMC “Wagner”, on Sunday evening, October 13, reported the disappearance of businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin after a plane …
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The issue of repatriation. Democratic Republic of Congo has officially confirmed the death of one Ukrainian in the crash of An-12 in late September. This was announced by the speaker of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Marian Betz on Twitter on Monday, October 9. “DR Congo has officially …
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