WFP Needs $172 Million To Save 40 Million Congolese From Death

The lives of some 40 million food-insecure Congolese is currently teetering between life and death. Their survival depends on how soon the world will rise with $172 million urgently needed to save them from the fangs of death. Already, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that millions of lives in the Democratic […]

DR Congo’s City Braces to Produce 20 Tons of Tilapia Weekly

Bukavu, a city in the Democratic Republic of Congo is currently bracing to produce 20 tons of tilapia per week by the end of this 2020.  This will be done through the Tilapia Production in Cages Project implemented by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), and partners. The tilapia project is financially supported by […]

DRC: UN Security Council Wants To See Regional, Politically Driven Approach To Conflict Resolution- CIVIC

A group, Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) has said that the United Nations Security Council wants to see a regional and politically driven approach to conflict resolution in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This development, however, came when the Council held an informal dialogue on the role of the Central African region in stabilising the […]

DRC: CIVIC Indicts Security Forces, Armed Groups, Says They’re Posing Threats To Civilians

The allegedly underpaid and underequipped members of the Congolese armed security forces, the police, and armed groups have come under the hammer of the Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) for posing ‘’acute protection’’ threats to civilians.   CIVIC which is concerned with working with armed actors and civilians in conflict to develop and implement solutions […]

Eastern DR Congo records 20 Ebola cases in three days

Twenty cases of Ebola have been recorded in three days in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where deadly violence is hampering efforts to end the 16-month-old epidemic according to health authorities. Ten cases were reported on Wednesday alone in Mabalako in North Kivu after six on Tuesday, according to the Multisectoral Committee for Epidemic […]

Three dead in attacks against Ebola response centers in Congo

Three health workers were killed and several injured in attacks against two Ebola response centers in eastern Congo early on Thursday, authorities and health services said. Violence and unrest have severely hampered efforts to contain the second worst Ebola epidemic on record, which has killed 2,199 people since the outbreak was announced in August 2018. […]

At least 15 civilians killed in eastern Congo by suspected Islamist militants

Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 15 people overnight in eastern Congo, local officials said on Saturday, in the latest massacre since the army launched a major offensive against the rebels last month. Democratic Republic of Congo’s army initiated its latest campaign, with support from U.N. peacekeepers, on Oct. 30 to root out fighters from […]

Ebola should be eradicated by end of year- Felix Tshisekedi

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi has said the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo should be eradicated by the end of the year. Tshisekedi said this during a visit to Berlin on Friday. “We can say with satisfaction that it has been eradicated in northern and southern Kivu. There are still a few isolated […]

Nigeria, DRC, Ethiopia among top global contributors to pneumonia deaths

Pneumonia killed more than 800,000 babies and young children last year – or one child every 39 seconds – despite being curable and mostly preventable, global health agencies said on Tuesday. In a report on what they described as a “forgotten epidemic”, the United Nations children’s fund UNICEF, the international charity Save The Children and four […]

UN, DRC condemn violence against Ebola health workers

The World Health Organization, the Congolese government and other partners are concerned about the worsening security situation in areas affected by the Ebola epidemic in the DR Congo. Members of the various institutions condemned the attacks that killed a health worker involved in the response to the Ebola virus in northeastern DRC. “The World Health Organization, UNICEF, […]