Rev. Madeline Bomboko was Director of the Disciples’ (Communaute des Disciples du Christ au Congo) Losanganya Guest House in Mbandaka when she began to receive some unexpected guests. It all began one day in 2003 on a street in downtown Mbandaka. A disheveled,...
Between July 30 and August 2nd, armed militants identified as Mai Mai Cheka Cheka and the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda ( FDLR) occupied the town of Luvungi in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and raped many women, said Mr Khare, UN...
For Immediate Release Contact: Kitty Kurth, Phone: 312/617/7288 WASHINGTON DC; THURSDAY, September 30, 2010: A spreading coalition of American based grassroots and human rights organizations who focus on the Great Lakes Region of Africa has congratulated the UN on...
Today is a day unlike others for the Congolese victims of the 1996 invasion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi. It is also a new day for all citizens of neighboring nations, particularly the Rwandan citizens of Hutu ethnic...
Statement in French here We, the religious leaders from regions affected by the LRA crisis in Uganda, in Sudan, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in Central African Republic (CAR), reunited in Yambio from 8th-10th of September 2010, under the initiative of...
Translated from French to English by AFJN Source: Conférence Episcopale Nationale du Congo ( Congolese National Bishops’ Conference) – Most Reverend Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa – Excellencies, Representatives of Heads of religious denominations...
August 24th, 2010 on Al Jazeera TV, Watch the video here Between July 30 and August 2nd, armed militants identified as Mai Mai Cheka Cheka and the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda ( FDLR) occupied the town of Luvungi in eastern Democratic Republic...
Warning! If you or your company is involved in the trading of natural resources from the relatively stable Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United States made it official that it will get involved in tracking you down. On July 21, 2010, when...
