Zimbabwe deports DRC refugees who allegedly looted food at refugee camp

The Zimbabwean government deported about 70 refugees back to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in violation of international humanitarian law, the United States Embassy in Harare said. Officials rounded up 80 refugees who were alleged to have looted food rations from the Tongorara Refugee Camps warehouse and put them in a Harare prison. Ten were found not guilty and the rest were deported.
#harare #tongorara

Yaws fight in DRC, CAR and Cameroon gets boost with donation of 6 million antibiotic tablets

Cameroon, the Central African Republic (CAR) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are set to receive a donation of about six million azithromycin antibiotic tablets to fight yaws. Yaws, a chronic skin infection, which is characterised by papillomas (non-cancerous lumps) and ulcers, still affects children in nine African countries.
#cameroon #car #congo

Civilians killed, wounded or displaced a daily occurrence in DRC - humanitarian agencies

An estimated 400 civilians have been killed and 83 000 displaced from the gold-rich Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2022, humanitarian agencies say. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said "civilians being killed, wounded or displaced have become a daily occurrence".
#drc #congo #unitednations

Victory for press freedom in Tanzania, but DRC bans newspaper

A newspaper banned in Tanzania five years ago, has been allowed to publish again, while in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), another newspaper has been suspended for the next six months.
#tanzania #newspaper #congo

US lawmakers call on Foreign Office to closely follow DRC political developments

The United States Foreign Office has been encouraged by lawmakers to pay more attention to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)'s political situation ahead of the general elections in 2023.
#us #congo

US sanctions powerful Belgian gold dealer for funding DRC insurgency

The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on Belgian businessman Alain Goetz and a network of companies tied to him that it accused of being involved in the illicit movement of gold from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and funding insurgents.
#unitedstates #drcinsurgency #congo

The mines where DRC workers earn less than R40 a day - study finds mass exploitation at cobalt mines

A new report detailing two years of research has found that the extraction of cobalt from mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is happening under inhumane conditions, with workers earning the equivalent of around R37 a day.
#drcworkers #congo