Source link The move is part of the MONUSCO peacekeeping mission’s withdrawal from the DR Congo The UN stabilization mission (MONUSCO) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) has withdrawn troops from its first military base in the country’s eastern region, where anti-government rebels have intensified deadly attacks in recent weeks. Peacekeepers handed […]
Source link Indian PM unveiled $4bn-worth of projects and said Middle Eastern countries are eager to invest in region bordering Pakistan Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced projects worth almost $4 billion (320 billion rupees) for the development of Jammu and Kashmir, a Muslim-majority region at the heart of a long-standing border dispute between New Delhi […]
Source link South Africa’s deployment as part of a regional mission follows a resurgence of armed clashes in the central African country South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorized the deployment of 2,900 soldiers to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where recent violent clashes between the state army and the M23 rebel group have […]
Source link Felix Tshisekedi has been reelected as leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo with more than 73% of the vote The Constitutional Court of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday declared President Felix Tshisekedi the winner of the nation’s recent elections, having rejected legal challenges against the provisional results released by the […]
Source link The DR Congo’s president, who is seeking reelection, has threatened to declare war on neighboring Rwanda if it “persists in backing rebel groups” The Democratic Republic of Congo wrapped up a previously unscheduled second day of voting in presidential and parliamentary elections on Thursday amid allegations of irregularities. The nation has been plagued […]
Source link Nearly a thousand Burundian soldiers have left DR Congo after their mission was not renewed by Kinshasa As part of a phased withdrawal from DR Congo, a regional military force has removed almost a thousand Burundian soldiers from the country, Burundi’s military said on Monday. The DR Congo government in Kinshasa has not […]