Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
At the same time, more than 4,000 prisoners broke free from a correctional facility, the UN-funded Radio Okapi reported, compounding chaotic scenes witnessed in the city.
Radio Okapi is a radio network that operates in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. On an annual budget of USD$4.5 million, a staff of 200 provide news and information to the entire urban population of the DRC. Radio Okapi provides programming in French and in the four national languages of Congo: Lingala, Kituba, Swahili and Tshiluba,
Radio Okapi provides news, music, and political information to all corners of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The major purpose behind Radio Okapi is to provide all DRC citizens with radio services regardless of political affiliation. [citation needed] The FM waves Radio Okapi provided were aimed to be free of hate speech. Most importantly ...
The Goma offensive was a military operation launched by the March 23 Movement (M23), a Congolese rebel group that is part of the Congo River Alliance (AFC) and is supported by Rwanda, against the regional capital of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Nangaa did not deny Rwandan support but said Kinshasa also had the backing of Burundi's army, highlighting the risks of a wider conflict. Rwanda has denied links with the rebels in the past while ...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has many radio stations, the majority of which are based in Kinshasa. The transitional Constitution installed an entity called Haute autorité des Medias (HAM), which oversees media activity, including radio broadcasting.
According to Radio Okapi, over 122 civilians were killed in Kishishe alone. [24] Among the victims were children and their parents who had sought refuge in the Kishishe Adventist Church (Église Adventiste de Kishishe), where at least 60 people were massacred. [24]
Kinshasa (/ k ɪ n ˈ ʃ ɑː s ə /; French:; Lingala: Kinsásá), formerly named Léopoldville until 30 June 1966, is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kinshasa is one of the world's fastest-growing megacities, with an estimated population, in 2024, of 17,032,322. [6]