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Feb
19
2023
By The African Mirror
Congo registers voters in unstable eastern province

Congo registers voters in unstable eastern province

NEWS
DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo's electoral commission started registering voters this week in North Kivu province, where a rebel insurgency has raised concerns about the state's ability to hold elections there in December. Parts of North Kivu province are occupied by the M23 rebel group, a Tutsi-led militia that has been clashing with the Congolese army for almost a year. More than 500,000 people have been forced to flee their homes because of fighting. "We are confident that even these Congolese will have the right to register," said Paul Mohindo, deputy rapporteur of the Congolese electoral commission, who travelled from Kinshasa…
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Oct
25
2022
By The African Mirror
Congo fighting flares as hundreds shelter in convent – army, MSF

Congo fighting flares as hundreds shelter in convent – army, MSF

NEWS
FIGHTERS from the M23 rebel group clashed with the army in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on the fourth day of violence in which four civilians have been killed, the army said. About 500 people, some of them injured, sought shelter in a convent in Ntamugenga village near the borders of Uganda and Rwanda and need to be evacuated, the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres tweeted. The unrest in North Kivu province has broken months of relative calm in eastern Congo following clashes between the army and M23 militants at the end of March. The group declared a ceasefire in April, and the…
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May
11
2021
By The African Mirror
Female peacekeeper killed in DRC

Female peacekeeper killed in DRC

NEWS
A female peacekeeper from Malawi was killed in an attack by an Islamist militia in eastern Congo's North Kivu province yesterday, the U.N. and the Malawian government said. A local civil rights group said separately that fighters with the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Islamist armed group with Ugandan origins, attacked the village of Kilia, around 18km southeast of Beni in the province, killing at least five people. It was not clear if that figure included the peacekeeper. "A peacekeeper was killed in an attack by alleged ADF in the Beni region," said MONUSCO, the U.N. peacekeeping mission, which has…
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Feb
13
2021
By The African Mirror
Democratic Republic of Congo confirms third Ebola case in North Kivu province

Democratic Republic of Congo confirms third Ebola case in North Kivu province

NEWS
FISTON MAHAMBA THE Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed a third Ebola case this week in North Kivu province, provincial health minister Eugene Nzanzu Salita said yesterday. The case was found in Butembo, a city of over 1 million people and the epicentre of a major outbreak of the disease that was declared over last June after nearly two years. "We are in a meeting to gather all the information on the investigations done around this case," said Salita. Congo's health ministry announced a resurgence of the disease on February 7, after a woman contracted Ebola and died. She was…
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Feb
12
2021
By The African Mirror
DRC confirms two Ebola cases

DRC confirms two Ebola cases

NEWS
FISTON MAHAMBA TWO people have contracted Ebola and died this week in Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the health ministry said in a statement. A 60-year-old woman who died on Wednesday in the district of Biena had a link with a woman who also died after contracting Ebola and was married to a survivor of the previous major outbreak, the statement said. Congo's health ministry has deployed a team to the area and is tracing more than 100 contacts of the two women in the health zones of Biena and Katwa, it…
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Nov
01
2020
By The African Mirror
Suspected Islamists kill 17 civilians in eastern Congo raid

Suspected Islamists kill 17 civilians in eastern Congo raid

NEWS
ASSAILANTS have killed at least 17 people in a raid on a village in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, local authorities said, blaming fighters from an Islamist militia group. The army confirmed the attack in the Buliki area of North Kivu province, but declined to give a death toll. The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan armed group active in eastern Congo since the 1990s, has killed more than 1,000 civilians since the start of 2019, according to U.N. figures, despite repeated military campaigns to destroy it. "Everything happened yesterday between 8 p.m. and midnight - the…
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Oct
30
2020
By The African Mirror
Suspected Islamists kill 18, torch church in east Congo

Suspected Islamists kill 18, torch church in east Congo

NEWS
ASSAILANTS killed at least 18 people and burned down a church in a village in eastern Congo, a civil rights group and local committee said, blaming fighters from an Islamist militia group operating in the area. The army confirmed the attack on Baeti village in North Kivu province, around 20 km (12 miles) west of the city of Oicha, but declined to give a death toll. The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan armed group active in eastern Congo since the 1990s, has killed more than 1,000 civilians since the start of 2019, according to U.N. figures, despite repeated military…
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Sep
18
2020
By The African Mirror
Convoy ambush in eastern Congo kills one aid worker

Convoy ambush in eastern Congo kills one aid worker

NEWS
ARMED attackers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed one aid worker and took two others temporarily hostage after ambushing their convoy on Wednesday, Christian charity World Vision said. The convoy was returning from a mission to deliver food to vulnerable communities in North Kivu province, which has been plagued by instability and militia violence for over two decades. "Two of our staff were missing for over 18 hours but are now safely with the larger team awaiting evac (evacuation). We're thankful for community intervention to secure their release," World Vision's director in Congo Anne-Marie Connor told Reuters on Thursday.…
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