UK government under fire for investing overseas aid in fossil fuel firms
Taxpayer’s money also going to companies found to be flouting human rights in Kenya and DRC, says Commons committee The UK government is under attack...
Category : Democratic Republic of the Congo
Burkina Faso is the world’s ‘most neglected crisis’ as focus remains on Ukraine
Chronic emergencies in Africa are being ignored while Ukraine dominates headlines and receives more funding, says NGO The displacement of 2 million people in Burkina...
More than 400 people now confirmed dead after flooding in DRC
About 5,500 people still missing after intense floods and landslides with thousands also left homeless At least 411 people are now known to have died...
Congo: nearly 200 people killed in flash floods in eastern DRC
At least 176 die after heavy rainfall in South Kivu province causes rivers to overflow At least 176 people have died in flash floods in...
‘Trail of war crimes’ left by DRC rebel group as recent attacks leave 300,000 displaced
After a year of murder, rape, disease and looting, aid workers ask the international community: ‘Where the hell have you been?’ More than 300,000 people...
US firm to bid to turn DRC oil permits in Virunga park into conservation projects
Exclusive: company plans to sell carbon and biodiversity credits in endangered gorilla habitat and Congo basin rainforest as alternative to drilling for fossil fuels A...
Objection by DRC sours ‘paradigm-changing’ Cop15 biodiversity deal
The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s last-minute bid for additional funds was dismissed on a legal technicality It was almost a special moment in the...
Nobel prize winner criticises western ‘neglect’ and urges action over DRC violence
Denis Mukwege has demanded sanctions be imposed on Rwanda to ease the crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo The west must ditch its...
Floods and landslides kill scores of people in Kinshasa
Dozens of people injured after heavy rain destroys houses and ruins roads in DRC’s capital At least 100 people have been killed and dozens injured...
Renewed fighting in DRC raises fears of chaotic proxy conflict
Conflict has displaced at least 400,000 people since March in a growing humanitarian crisis In the camps on the flanks of the Nyiragongo volcano in...
