Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 192 km NNE of Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
At least 48 people have been killed in a crackdown on an anti-UN protest in eastern DR Congo, according to local sources and official documentation seen by AFP on Thursday
48 killed in eastern DR Congo anti-UN rally crackdown: sources
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 29 km NNW of Ntungamo, Uganda
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - Lake Edward region, Congo-Uganda
ISIS takes credit for bloody week of attacks targeting "Christian" civilians in DRC, with 3 claims for significant strikes on villages in North Kivu from March 8-12. ISIS reported more than 85 killed. Local authorities confirmed uptick+heavy casualties
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 10 km S of Bundibugyo, Uganda
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 105 km WNW of Sake, Democratic Republic of the Congo
ISIS has claimed responsibility for a Feb. 9 clash with a Ugandan army patrol near the town of Mwalika in the North Kivu Province of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Islamic State group claims eastern DR Congo attack, which killed 23
1 year agoDRC: after the Burundian and Kenyan army (@kdfinfo), it is the turn of South Sudan to deploy its soldiers in Kivu as part of the EAC Regional Force (@eacrf_DRC). President Salva Kiir bid farewell to Sudanese troops, who are going to Congo Kinshasa
2 year agoThe M23 continued to advance north today towards Mabenga (Rutshuru terr., North Kivu). The FARDC gathered in Kibumba & Rugari to block their advance on Goma. In less than a week, M23-controlled territory has nearly doubled
2 year agoIn Beni, IS-Central Africa (DRC Congo) claims it attacked an army barracks, killing a soldier and driving the survivors away before seizing weapons and ammunition
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 92 km NE of Kongolo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
2 year agoIS-Central Africa (DRC Congo) claims it attacked a Congolese army barracks in Beni; after driving away the garrison, the insurgents attacked Christian villagers, killing 4 & burning down their hourses:
2 year agoFor the third time this year, the Islamic State claims an attack at a prison, this time in Butembo DRC. 750 inmates freed
DR Congo buries 10 killed in anti-UN protests. Last week, demonstrations demanding the departure of the UN peacekeeping mission, known as MONUSCO, took place in the eastern city of Goma and quickly spread to several towns
Two dead after UN peacekeepers open fire in eastern DR Congo: UN, local source
The fatalities in the UN peacekeeping force MONUSCO were two Indian nationals and a Moroccan, Butembo police chief Paul Ngoma told AFP. Demonstrations in the troubled region erupted Monday, driven by accusations that MONUSCO was failing to act against armed groups
2 year agoIn Butembo, The demonstrators have just recovered 3 weapons from MONUSCO and 3 dead on the MONUSCO side
2 year agoDR Congo: At least 2 villages in Irumu territory have been targeted by ADF fighters. The toll is heavy: at least 6 dead, homes burned, and above all, more than a hundred people kidnapped
2 year agoSeveral thousand people demonstrated yesterday in Goma, on the border with Rwanda, in eastern DRC, to denounce "Rwandan aggression" and express their support for the Congolese army, in a context of maximum tension between Kinshasa and Kigali
2 year agoUN-Drone footage shows Rwandan troops on the DRCongo side of the border 6km away from their territory
2 year agoNorth Kivu, 21-26 May 22. RSA Aviation carried out Combat Search and Rescue, MEDEVAC / CASEVAC, and Airstrikes missions in support of operation SABINYO1. The Blue Helmets demonstrate a high level of professionalism and dedication in the execution of MonuscoF operational tasks
Tshikapa: 2 LUCHA activists arrested by the police for demonstrating against insecurity
2 year agoIndian UN peacekeepers deployed in Congo repulse attack by armed group. Attack happened on 22 May, who launched attack on FARDC (Congolese Army) & MONUSCO positions. Indian troops part of MONUSCO (United Nations Mission in Democratic Republic of Congo)
A second Ebola patient died in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization said, just days into a fresh outbreak of the deadly disease
2 year agoEight people killed in a grenade explosion at a military camp in Goma, DRC
UN peacekeeping mission helicopter, with at least eight people on board, in DRC shot down by M23 rebels, according to Congolese army
More than 171 localities have been recaptured from the hands of armed groups by elements of the DRCongo Army in the territories of Irumu, Djugu and Mahagi in the province of Ituri since the establishment of the state of siege in this province - COS
