2 month agoMount Nyiragongo, one of the world's most active volcanoes, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, erupted late Saturday and forced thousands of residents in North Kivu's Goma to flee to Rwanda
2 month agoThis helicopter videos allows us to create a rough delineation map of the current lava flow from Mt Nyiragongo through the town of Goma. Only 700m from the airport. OSM hasnt every building, but at least 670 structures have been hit
2 month agoVirunga Alliance assessing the NyiragongoEruption in Goma
2 month agoRDCongo volcano Dawn in Africa and a static lava flow is observed without advance but still at high temperatures, possibly the extrusion of magma has decreased considerably or even stopped from the Nyiragongo. A cadastre of the damage is expected in Goma and surroundings
2 month agoOn May 21, 2021, the Mi-8MT and Mi-24V helicopters were delivered to the Central African Republic by the An-124 military transport aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces
2 month agoRwandan President Paul Kagame discusses the ongoing violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo DR Congo neighboring DRC. According to him, it is "a failure", and he does not exclude the possibility of joint military operations with Kinshasa
ISIS has claimed responsibility for an attack on a Congolese army post in the village of Ngaka in the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), near the provincial border with North Kivu
Ethiopian Foreign Ministry: We hope that the efforts of the President of the Congo will result in the resumption of the Renaissance Dam negotiations
2 month agoImage: A child soldier recruit featured in new propaganda from ISIS-affiliated militants in Central Africa (suspected in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo) appears to be wearing a shirt tagged with the logo of evangelical Christian aid agency World Vision International
The Army announces the death of ten alleged members of the ADF in fighting in eastern DRC
Congolese army forces on Sunday killed 10 rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in the troubled east of the country, a spokesman said
ISIS has claimed responsibility for the deaths of 3 Congolese soldiers who allegedly became trapped in a minefield setup in a village in the Rwenzori Mountains area of Beni in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Kenyan defense forces [KDF] head to DR Congo to be part of the @UN's rapid intervention force against groups of murderous militia in the region
3 month agoCongo: ISIS CA released a photo set from an attack in Beni in which it seems that a fighter literally hip fires a (possibly damaged) AGS-17 automatic grenade launcher. Or something like it
Police in Democratic Republic Of Congo's Beni fire live rounds to disperse protesters demanding the departure of the UN peacekeeping mission from the country
Ethiopia proposes to involve observers in the negotiations of the Renaissance Dam, according to the requirements of the negotiation
The start of the second closed ministerial meeting in Kinshasa regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
IS's Central African Province in the Congo, the former "Allied Democratic Forces" (ADF), massacred 23+ civilians in the village of Manyama-Moliso in an overnight raid, according to the North Kivu governor on 31 March
Foreign ministers from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan will fly to Kinshasa Saturday, the start of a three-day meeting on the Renaissance Dam hosted by AU chair Tshisekedi, DR Congo officials said
Local official: 23 killed during armed attacks in eastern DRC
ICC upholds 30-year prison sentence on appeal against Congolese militiaman Bosco Ntaganda
Five civilians and two military personnel die in two ADF attacks in eastern DRC
Prosecutors in the Democratic Republic of Congo have launched an investigation into a former police chief over the high-profile murder of a human rights activist, the justice ministry said Thursday
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 91 km W of Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Congo's Sassou Nguesso re-elected with 88.57% of vote: provisional results @AFP
Honorary Consul of Zimbabwe in Belarus Alexander Zingman was detained in Congo
4 month agoAlexander Zingman, a Belarusian businessman close to Lukashenka and supplying industrial and agricultural machinery to Africa, was detained in Congo on Friday morning. He is also suspected of illegal arms supplies
Republic of Congo opposition candidate Guy-Brice Parfait Kolelas dies of Covid-19 as he was being transferred to France for treatment
The Republic of Congo voted in a presidential election boycotted by the main opposition and attacked by critics as it tilted towards veteran leader Denis Sassou Nguesso. Access to the internet and social media was cut hours before polls opened at 7:00 am
4 month agoConfirmed: Internet has been shut down in the Republic of the Congo on the day of presidential elections. Network data show a near-total collapse of national connectivity from midnight local time. The incident is ongoing as polls are due to open
