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Congolese Rapper And Influencer Joins United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Democratic Republic Of The Congo (DRC) Family As Champion For Nutrition
MENAFN
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June 3, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, June 3, 2025/APO Group/ -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announces its partnership with rising Congolese music star Sista Becky (Rebecca Kalonji) as a...
Carbon Credits in the Congo: The Cost of Capture, Part 2
Africa Uncensored
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May 30, 2025
PART TWO: A Trump-like businessman and his brothers cash in on DRC’s Resources By Linda Ngari This article is the second of a two-part investigative series produced with the support of the Pulitzer Center Rainforest Investigations Network in...
World News | All Party Delegation Led by Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde Meets Ambassador of India to Congo
Latestly
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May 25, 2025
Kinshasa [Congo], May 25 (ANI): As part of India's global diplomatic outreach to expose Pakistan-sponsored terrorism, an all-party delegation led by Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde met V Venkataraman, Ambassador of India to the Democratic Republic of...
DRC-Rwanda: A War of Image Through Football
The Rwandan
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May 2, 2025
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda are no longer clashing solely on the military front in the country’s embattled east; the rivalry is now expanding into the domain of international image-building through sports. As Rwanda...
As more people are driven from their homes in DRC food insecurity worsens, creating heightened humanitarian needs regionally
World Food Programme
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WFP/Michael Castofas. In Bulengo camp, on the outskirts of Goma, displaced families face a dire and uncertain future as M23 authorities instruct them to dismantle their makeshift shelters. Photo credit KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo – The...
M23 rebellion took over key city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Ver Angola
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"It is with dismay that we learn of the M23's seizure of the center of Masisi," said Alexis Bahunga, deputy from North Kivu province, where the city of Masisi is located. The same source revealed that the government was asked to take "measures to...
Rwanda-backed rebels committed possible war crimes in eastern Congo, rights group says
Winnipeg Free Press
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May 27, 2025
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Human rights group Amnesty International accused the M23 rebels in eastern Congo of killing, torturing and forcibly disappearing civilian detainees in two rebel-controlled cities on Tuesday. “These acts violate international...
The 2025 Healthcare Workforce Management Report
Home Care
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Beyond critical minerals: Capitalizing on the DRC’s vast opportunities
Atlantic Council
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May 23, 2025
Issue Brief May 23, 2025 • 11:27 am ET Print this page Beyond critical minerals: Capitalizing on the DRC’s vast opportunities By Dave Peterson, Mvemba Phezo Dizolele, Rabah Areki, Thomas De Dreux-Brézé, Nicole Namwezi Batumike, and Calixte...
Amnesty accuses M23 rebels of war crimes in eastern Congo
Zambian Observer
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May 28, 2025
Amnesty International has issued a damning report accusing the M23 rebel group of grave human rights abuses, including torture, killings, and enforced disappearances in eastern Congo’s rebel-held cities. “These acts violate international...
CRDB taps Kinshasa after Lubumbashi
Daily News Tanzania
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May 27, 2025
DAR ES SALAAM: CRDB Bank has entered Kinshasa, the capital of DR Congo, capitalising on robust performance in Lubumbashi after a full year since launching operations. The expansion into Kinshasa marks a strategic move for CRDB as it seeks to...
M23 accused of possible ‘war crimes’ in eastern DRC: Rights group
Al Jazeera
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M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have committed serious abuses against civilians, “including torture, killings and enforced disappearances”, in areas under their control, according to Amnesty International. “These...
Rwanda-backed rebels committed possible war crimes in eastern Congo – Amnesty
Times & Star
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May 27, 2025
“These acts violate international humanitarian law and may amount to war crimes,” Amnesty said in a statement. The decades-long conflict in eastern Congo escalated in January, when the Rwanda-backed M23 advanced and seized the strategic city of...
World News | Rwanda-backed Rebels Committed Possible War Crimes in Eastern Congo, Says Rights Group
Latestly
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May 27, 2025
Dakar (Senegal), May 27 (AP) Human rights group Amnesty International accused the M23 rebels in eastern Congo of killing, torturing and forcibly disappearing civilian detainees in two rebel-controlled cities on Tuesday. “These acts violate...
World News | All-party Delegation Led by Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde Pays Tribute to Mahatma Gandhi in Congo
Latestly
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May 25, 2025
Kinshasa [Congo], May 25 (ANI): All-party parliamentary delegation led by Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde paid floral tribute to Mahatma Gandhi's statue as it arrived at the Embassy of India in Congo on Sunday. The delegation led by Shinde arrived in...
Merck Foundation Chief Executive Officer (CEO) together with African First Ladies Africa mark World Health Day 2025 by providing over 2250 scholarships to doctors across Africa and beyond
Africa.com
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May 21, 2025
Merck Foundation(www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany marks “World Health Day” 2025in partnership with Africa’s First Ladies who are also the Ambassadors of Merck Foundation “More Than a Mother” Campaign,with a...
WHO in race to gather details about undiagnosed disease ravaging young children in Democratic Republic of Congo
IOL
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At least 31 people, mostly children under the age of 5, have died from an undiagnosed disease in the remote Kwango Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The organization said at least 406...
Uganda Inks Deal with Islamic Development Bank for Rail, Health, Energy
Africa.com
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May 22, 2025
Uganda has secured an $800 million deal with the Islamic Development Bank to fund key infrastructure projects aimed at boosting trade and connectivity. Central to the agreement is a new railway linking Uganda to Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway and...
Rwanda’s dictator gambles future on Congo invasion
Yahoo News
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For months, the city of Goma held its breath. Since late 2024, its residents had watched the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels draw ever closer, capturing towns and villages in the hills of eastern Congo and inching towards their city, the lakeside capital...
Radisson leads Africa in hotel openings, expanding into DRC and Cameroon
Conference & Meetings World
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May 15, 2025
Radisson Hotel Group opened more hotels in Africa than any other company last year, according to the 2024 “From Pipeline to Reality” report by W Hospitality Group. The group announced two new signings in Q1 2025 – its debut in the Democratic...