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The East African Wednesday January 13 2021 DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi. He says the pardon was meant to show forgiveness, justice and “national reconciliation.” PHOTO | FILE | NMG Summary President Felix Tshisekedi’s office said the pardon was meant to show forgiveness, justice and “national reconciliation.” But it was also political, as the 28, the initial group included 11 others who died in custody, walked out of the gates of Makala Prison in Kinshasa were also regaining fr...

Text size More than 1,200 civilians have been killed in fighting in the Beni region of eastern DR Congo since late October 2019, the Lucha civil society group said Tuesday. The period marks the time since the army launched a major operation to stop a militia known as the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), in response to repeated massacres in the area since 2014. "Rather than stopping the killing and neutralising the attackers, the military operations dispersed them over massive areas, where...

Six rangers killed in attack in DR Congo national park which is home to mountain gorillas  Virunga National Park is home to some of the worlds last mountain gorillas 11 January, 2021 13:06 Gunmen have killed at least six rangers in Virunga National Park, the latest attack in the part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo that is home to some of the worlds last mountain gorillas. The violence took place in Nyamitwitwi, located in the Rutshuru area of the park, s...

Daily Monitor Monday January 11 2021 The riots in American capital Washington DC earlier this week that resulted in at least four deaths was most unfortunate. Any death, whatever the circumstances, is sad.  Anyone causing the death of another human being is totally condemned in my conscience. Former president Milton Obote once told me that under no circumstances would he sign off anyone’s life – meaning a death warrant – even after being committed by a judge of the highest court.  Twice...

Six national park rangers have been killed and two have been wounded in fresh violence in Africa's oldest national park. The park is home to rare mountain gorillas.

At least six rangers in DR Congo's Virunga national park, famous for its mountain gorillas, were killed Sunday in an attack officials blamed on a militia group.

Armed men on Sunday killed at least six rangers and wounded several others in an ambush in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park, the world's most important sanctuary for endan…

The East African Friday January 08 2021 A view of the main highway in the city centre of DR Congo capital Kinshasa. PHOTO | AFP Summary China is a major investor in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and researchers from Johns Hopkins University in the US have estimated that Chinese entities have extended more than $2.4 billion in loans over the past two decades. Advertisement China has cancelled a part of the debt owed by DR Congo to help the sub-Saharan giant fight the coronavirus epidemic, th...