DRC buries independence hero Patrice Lumumba’s only known remains
Coffin containing tooth is buried in ceremony on 62nd anniversary of DRC’s independence The family of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s murdered independence hero,...
Category : Democratic Republic of the Congo
At least 27 civilians killed by rebels in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Army and Red Cross said the notorious Allied Democratic Forces were behind the attack in the country’s east At least 27 civilians have been killed...
‘You hear bullets, you run’: Congolese refugees stream over Uganda’s border
As thousands flee the latest fighting in DRC to join 1.5m already in Uganda, the UN’s food aid agency is stretched as never before The...
Médecins Sans Frontières apologises for using images of child rape survivor
Medical charity’s president calls publication of controversial photographs ‘a mistake’ and says guidelines will be tightened The international president of Médecins Sans Frontières has apologised...
Médecins Sans Frontières condemned for ‘profiting from exploitative images’
Medical charity criticised for using images that ‘endanger and exploit children’ amid row over photos from DRC identifying child rape survivor Doctors, photographers, human rights...
Médecins Sans Frontières pulls images of teenage rape survivor after outcry
NGO takes down photos of girl, 16, from DRC from website after critics call them unethical and racist Médecins Sans Frontières has removed photographs of...
Twenty-year search for Rwanda genocide suspect ends in Zimbabwe grave
Exclusive: inside the manhunt for Protais Mpiranya, accused of Rwandan mass killings and the world’s most wanted war crimes fugitive The 20-year manhunt for one...
‘Relentless’ destruction of rainforest continuing despite Cop26 pledge
Tropics lost 11.1m hectares of tree cover in 2021, including forest critical to limiting global heating and biodiversity loss, finds World Resources Institute Pristine rainforests...
‘Lawless logging’ in DRC raises concerns over $500m forests deal signed by Boris Johnson
Critics say cash from UK, Norway, France and Germany could be wasted as damning report reveals illegalities, corruption and environmental crimes Environmental groups have raised...
‘We feel safer’: how green energy is brightening refugee lives in Rwanda
Solar panels and cleaner-burning stoves have reduced dangers faced by residents of three camps “The camp has come from the dark into the light,” says...
