Briefings
16 – 22 June 2016
Last week in the Democratic Republic of Congo, tensions arose between displaced people and local inhabitants in Buleusa, North Kivu, over the dismantlement of several refugee camps in the area. Over the past week, at least six of the estimated 5000 refugees reportedly died of injuries and diseases. […]
9 – 15 June 2016
The Congolese opposition parties who gathered for two days in Brussels last week, decided to unite under a new umbrella organisation, called “Rassemblement” (“Rally”). They rejected dialogue with current President Kabila and demanded the organisation of presidential elections before December 19 this year, along with the President’s departure. […]
2 – 8 June 2016
The probable delay of the presidential elections continues to raise tensions in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Over a hundred representatives of several Congolese opposition parties gathered in the Belgian capital Brussels this Wednesday, June 8, in order to overcome their differences and unite their stances. […]
26 May – 1 June 2016
The bodies of the three Ugandan soldiers, who had been killed near Lake Albert along the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, have been returned to Uganda. The Congolese police announced that a fourth soldier, who had also been reported dead, is alive and remains in detention. […]
19 – 25 May 2016
On Saturday, May 21, four Ugandan policemen were killed near Lake Albert, along the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Congolese soldiers are suspected to have ambushed them. The Ugandan government announced that it would consider using military force if a similar attack were to happen again. […]
12 – 18 May 2016
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the FARDC and MONUSCO launched the military operation “Usalama” on May 14 against ADF rebels in Beni territory, North Kivu. The insecure situation in the territory continues to spark protest by the civil society. On May 18, three days of “ville-morte” were announced in Beni, Butembo, and Lubero territories. […]
5 – 11 May 2016
On May 5, the civil society in Beni territory declared a day of “ville-morte” to denounce last week’s deadly attacks in Baungachu-Luna in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Seventeen people had been killed by alleged ADF rebels. The next day, members of Parliament boycotted a plenary of the National Assembly in protest against the insecurity in the province. […]
28 April – 4 May 2016
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, North Kivu saw several attacks by armed groups over the past week. According to local sources, an FARDC station in Masisi territory was attacked by Nyatura and FDLR rebels in the night between Wednesday and Thursday, April 28. Three people were killed and three others injured. […]
31 March – 6 April 2016
The UN stabilisation missions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Central African Republic (CAR) are facing several new allegations of sexual abuse by peacekeepers. UN and French authorities called for thorough investigations into the cases involving soldiers of Sangaris (France), MONUSCO and MINUSCA. […]
24 – 30 March 2016
This Wednesday, March 30, the UN Security Council adopted a new resolution that extends the mandate of MONUSCO with another year. The UN reiterated its concerns over the humanitarian situation in the country and called for free and credible elections to be held soon. France announced that its military operation in the Central African Republic, Sangaris, will come to an end this year. […]
17 – 23 March 2016
The Head of the UN Stabilization Mission in the DRC, MONUSCO, and the UN Secretary-General this week expressed their concerns over the security situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. They fear that rising political tensions in the run-up to the presidential elections, which are to be held in November […]
10 – 16 March 2016
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, protesters turned to the streets in Goma this week, calling for the release of two Lucha activists who have been detained for a year and went on hunger strike this Monday. Eighteen people were arrested during the protests. Last Thursday, March 10, the Goma High Court sentenced two other Lucha militants, arrested in December 2015, to three months’ imprisonment.
3 – 9 March 2016
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the sentence of the six Lucha militants, who were arrested during pro-democracy protests on February 16, has been reduced from two years to six months imprisonment. In North Kivu, officials from Walikale condemned the activities of FDLR and Nyatura rebels in the territory. […]
25 February – 2 March 2016
The six Lucha militants arrested during pro-democracy protests on February 16 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, have been sentenced to two years in prison for inciting revolt. Several Western governments have condemned the verdict, but the Congolese government has rejected calls for a revision. […]
18 – 24 February 2016
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, last week’s ‘ville morte’ on February 16 resulted in several arbitrary arrests of opposition members and youth activists who protested against the delay in organising presidential elections. Human Rights Watch has deplored this repression of opposition supporters. This Tuesday, February 23, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon visited […]
11 – 17 February 2016
Unicef and MONUSCO have expressed their concerns over the enrolment of child soldiers into armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to the UN, over 33 000 children were recruited over the past 15 years. In Tanganyika, a new technical group was inaugurated last Wednesday, February 10, to prevent the use of children in armed groups or security services in the province. […]
4 – 10 February 2016
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, six people died during violent clashes between Nande and Hutu communities in North Kivu on Friday, February 5. In Mukeberwa, Luberu territory, between 15 and 32 people were killed during confrontations between FDLR and Maï-Maï rebels on Sunday, February 7. […]
28 January – 3 February 2016
On Thursday, January 28, the FARDC and MONUSCO officially signed an agreement on military cooperation against armed rebel groups in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. During the last week of January, FARDC soldiers stated that they have driven FDLR rebels out of several localities in Lubero and Walikale territory in North Kivu. […]
21 – 27 January 2016
Last week in the Democratic Republic of Congo, North Kivu saw the incursion of FDLR rebels in Lubero territory on Friday, January 22. They attacked a local market, leaving three people dead and four others gravely injured. On Tuesday, January 26, the same militia reportedly kidnapped about 50 families in Lubero and Walikale. […]
14 – 20 January 2016
On January 19, demonstrations took place in several provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo, to commemorate the victims of the 2015 riots against an attempt to change the electoral law, exactly one year ago. Thousands of people took to the streets in Bukavu and several hundreds in Lubumbashi, while in the capital Kinshasa, police prevented demonstrations by arresting protesters. […]
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