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Six peacekeepers, three from South Africa and three from Malawi, are killed as fighting intensifies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between government forces and M23 rebels. Sudanese civil war . Thirty people are killed in a drone attack on the Saudi Hospital, one of the last functioning hospitals in El-Fasher, Sudan.
The Delegation of the European Union to the Democratic Republic of Congo on 4 September called on Congolese authorities "to quickly shed light on these tragic events in order to establish the various responsibilities, including with regard to respect for human rights and the rule of law."
Throughout the conflict, rebel troops have carried out raids and massacres across the DRC, resulting in heavy civilian casualties. In October 2021, the Allied Democratic Forces launched a bombing campaign in Uganda, leading to the intervention of the Ugandan military a year later, which has pursued a policy of airstrikes against ADF targets.
KINSHASA (Reuters) -Opposition candidates in Democratic Republic of Congo's chaotic presidential election plan to march in the capital on Wednesday, despite authorities banning the protest and ...
History of the DRC: Events of the year 2022 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Events. February
Call it soukous, rumba, Zairois, Congo music, or kwassa-kwassa, the pop sound emanating from Congo's capital, Kinshasa has shaped modern African culture more profoundly than any other. Africa produces music genres that are direct derivatives of Congolese Soukous. Some of the African bands sing in Lingala, the main language in the DRC.
"Democratic Republic of Congo Profile: Media". BBC News. 4 May 2011. "Democratic Republic of the Congo". Electronic Newspapers of Africa. Virtual Libraries: African Studies. New York, USA: Columbia University Libraries. Karen Fung, African Studies Association (ed.). "News (by country): Congo-Kinshasa". Africa South of the Sahara. USA – via ...
At the 2022 Francophonie summit in Tunis, the DRC representative Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde refused to take part in a group photo with other Francophone leaders (including the Rwandan representative) as a protest against Rwanda's actions in the Congo. [57] The East African Community demanded, on 24 November, for both a ceasefire between Rwanda ...