DR Congo

TILLERSON confirms that Trump was joking when he called Africa SHITHOLE

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, flanked by his chief of staff Margaret Peterlin (L), meets with Ethiopia Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 8, 2018. Tillerson Reaffirms US Commitment to Africa ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (VOA) — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has re-affirmed the U.S. commitment to Africa, two months after President Donald Trump’s reported derogatory comments about the continent. “I think the United States commitment to Africa is quite clear in terms of the importance we place on the relationship,” said Tillerson at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. “The president himself wrote Read More

Cargo Plane Crashes in Congo, Killing Presidential Staff Onboard

Map of Democratic Republic of Congo, highlighting Kinshasa DAKAR (Reuters) – A cargo plane carrying presidential staff crashed in eastern Congo on Thursday, killing all eight passengers and crew, a presidential Read More

Eight killed, 18 wounded in attack near Rwanda’s tourist hub

Musanze district’s Kinigi sector attracts tourists because of its Volcanoes National Park and its mountain gorillas [File: Thomas Mukoya/Reuters] Attack occurred in Musanze district, a popular area for tourists visiting Read More

UN agency: Tanzania not sharing details on Ebola-like cases

FILE – In this Sunday, July 14 fike, 2019 photo, burial workers dressed in protective gear carry the remains someone that died of Ebola, in Beni, Congo. The World Health Read More

$12m Loan Project aims to transform fisheries in Uganda, DRC

Photo courtesy of Shutterstock By SEASOURCE The Eastern Africa countries of Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are implementing a USD 24 million (EUR 21.7 million) fisheries and integrated Read More

$12m Loan Project aims to transform fisheries in Uganda, DRC

Photo courtesy of Shutterstock By SEASOURCE The Eastern Africa countries of Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are implementing a USD 24 million (EUR 21.7 million) fisheries and integrated Read More

Project aims to transform fisheries in Uganda, DRC

Photo courtesy of Shutterstock By SEASOURCE The Eastern Africa countries of Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are implementing a USD 24 million (EUR 21.7 million) fisheries and integrated Read More

AFRICA: Is Rwanda winning battle without firing single bullet?

IS RWANDA WINNING THE BATTLE WITHOUT FIRING A SINGLE BULLET CHANGE OF GUARDS – The topmost contentious issue in the ongoing Rwanda – Uganda diplomatic fallout has been the fate Read More

EU in coming Justice Commissioner accused of money laundering in DRC

FILE PHOTO: Belgian minister Didier Reynders visits Belgian soldiers deployed to the NATO enhanced Forward Presence battle group at Tapa military base, Estonia April 2, 2019. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo BRUSSELS Read More

EU in coming Justice Commissioner accused of money laundering in DRC

FILE PHOTO: Belgian minister Didier Reynders visits Belgian soldiers deployed to the NATO enhanced Forward Presence battle group at Tapa military base, Estonia April 2, 2019. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo BRUSSELS Read More

International Court hearings set in Uganda vs Congo case

FILE PHOTO: The case is about UPDF’s intervention in the DRC in 1999 and the fallout. The ICY ruled earlier that while the DRC had not objected to the presence Read More