AFRICA/DR CONGO - No progress in Doha on the peace agreement between the Kinshasa

Tuesday, 19 August 2025 peace Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - No progress has been made in the talks in Doha, Qatar, which were supposed to culminate in an agreement yesterday, August 18, between the government of the...

Kinshasa, AFC/M23 back in Doha after stalled peace talks

Killings, gang rapes rampant in Congo, rights groups say

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels killed at least 140 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in July, while both the rebels and rival militias committed widespread sexual abuses, according to two reports highlighting worsening human rights...

Rwanda-backed rebels massacre civilians in Congo

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels killed at least 140 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in July, Human Rights Watch says. A report by the independent, non-governmental human rights organisation released on Wednesday highlights how violence...

DRC: Warring factions in eastern DRC commit horrific abuses including gang rapes, summary executions and abductions

Both the Rwanda-backed March 23 Movement (M23) and the Wazalendo, a loose coalition of armed groups backed by the Congolese army, have gang raped women and committed widespread human rights abuses against civilians in the eastern Democratic...

Rwanda-backed rebels massacred civilians in DRC: HRW

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels killed at least 140 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in July, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report on Wednesday that highlighted how violence remains elevated despite the United States (US)- and...

World Reuters Rwanda-backed rebels massacred civilians in Congo, Human Rights Watch says

(Reuters) -Rwanda-backed M23 rebels killed at least 140 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in July, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Wednesday that highlighted how violence remains elevated despite the U.S.- and Qatar-backed...

Rwanda-backed rebels massacred civilians in Congo, Human Rights Watch says

(Reuters) -Rwanda-backed M23 rebels killed at least 140 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in July, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Wednesday that highlighted how violence remains elevated despite the U.S.- and Qatar-backed...

ADF rebels kill 52 civilians in DRC

The United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) has reported that Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels killed at least 52 civilians between August 9 and 16 in North Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo....

DR Congo: M23 Mass Killings Near Virunga National Park

The Rwandan-controlled M23 armed group summarily executed over 140 civilians in July 2025, largely ethnic Hutu, in at least 14 villages and small farming communities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The mass killings appear to be part of a...

Best of Congo Sees Multiple 88+ Coffees, Auction Ends Friday

Daily Coffee News Staff | August 19, 2025 CAPCKI Cooperative. Image provided by Farm Africa Connect. Multiple coffees from the Democratic Republic of Congo surpassed 88 points at the second Best of Congo Cooperatives green coffee competition,...

MFA moves to calm Kinshasa over Goma Consul-General nomination

NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 18 — Kenya has moved to clarify the nomination of a Consul-General to Goma, following formal concerns raised by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), saying the process remains subject to parliamentary approval and subsequent...

Kinshasa must embrace peace or risk losing everything

QMP expands meat, poultry distribution in the Democratic Republic of Congo

DRC – Quality Meat Packers (QMP), a Kenyan-based meat processing company, is introducing its full range of meat, poultry, and processed products to the Democratic Republic of Congo through a partnership with retailer Kin Marché. The rollout begins...

From Cambodia to Iran: The six (or seven) wars Trump claims to have ended in six months

“I’ve solved six wars in six months.” That was U.S. President Donald Trump’s response to criticism of his role as mediator between Russia and Ukraine, just hours before receiving Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy and a delegation of European...

Mpox patient escapes from Pims, later found at Attock home

ISLAMABAD: A 42-year-old man, who had recently arrived from a Gulf country and was suffering from Mpox, slipped away from Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) and was later found at his home in Attock. The patient has now been admitted to...

President Trump, American power and peacemaking

Formerly Director of the international peace conference on the Former Yugoslavia (1992-1996); Formerly Fellow of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. President Donald Trump, as leader of the USA, is the most powerful person in the world. His...

South Africa is getting a NEW toll plaza

The Department of Transport (DOT) has gazetted a proposal for a new toll plaza in the North of the country. The proposal is currently open for public comment until next month, Friday 19 September 2025. As such, the proposed new toll plaza will be...

Trafigura-led consortium aims to finalise US loan deal by end-2025

By Nelson Banya (Reuters) -Lobito Atlantic Railway (LAR) aims to finalise by the end of this year a $533 million loan deal with the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) that is vital for the upgrade of its Angolan concession,...

Families Settling Smoothly in Portage, More Newcomers On The Way with Resettlement Program

Portage la Prairie has become one of the newest Canadian hubs for resettling government-assisted refugees, with the Portage Learning and Literacy Centre (PLLC) already welcoming its first six families through the federal Resettlement Assistance...