Tag: Eastern DRC
U.N peacekeeper killed in Congo after helicopter comes under fire
Reuters
One U.N. peacekeeper from South Africa was killed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday when a helicopter operated by the peacekeeping force came under fire while in mid-air, the U.N. mission in Congo and South Africa's military said.
DRC women flogged for wearing short skirts, trousers
Michael Majanga
It is now emerging that women and girls are being flogged by militiamen in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for wearing short skirts or trousers.The DRC government on Saturday, January 28 warned the perpetrators, vowing to punish
'Act of war': Rwanda shoots at Congolese military jet over alleged airspace violation
Reuters
Rwandan forces on Tuesday fired at a fighter jet from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that it said had violated its airspace, prompting the Congolese government to accuse it of an act of war.A video shared widely on Congolese social medi
Islamists kill 20 people in eastern DR Congo raid
Reuters
Suspected Islamists killed about 20 people in a raid on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday night, a local chief and a military official said on Monday. Both blamed the killings on the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF)
Kenya will spend KSh4.5B in six months by deploying KDF troops to Eastern DRC
Michael Majanga
The National Assembly on Wednesday, November 9 approved the deployment of Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) troops to East African Community Regional&n
Drunken soldiers kill 15 people in DR Congo
Tv47
Two drunken soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have killed 15 people in the eastern part of the country.One of the soldiers opened fired in a boat on Lake Tanganyika, on Monday April 18, killing eight passengers and woun