South Kivu News
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World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said the lender’s $1 billion pledge to Africa’s Great Lakes region obliges countries including the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda to adhere to a peace accord signed in February.
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The World Bank pledged $1 billion in new funding for the African Great Lakes region to help increase trade, expand road networks and boost electricity generation.
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Army officers from Democratic Republic of Congo are smuggling gold through neighboring Burundi to Dubai using false documents, London-based advocacy group Global Witness said in a report.
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Rebels in eastern Congo ignored a deadline set by regional leaders for them to withdraw from the city of Goma and set a series of conditions for President Joseph Kabila to meet before they pull out.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo’s army said it’s preparing a response to the capture of Goma by rebel forces as a research group warned the fall of the city threatens the survival of President Joseph Kabila’s government.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo’s army began preparations for war as the M23 rebel group said it’s started withdrawing from Goma in the resource-rich east of the country.
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A ban on mining in three of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern provinces failed to halt smuggling and break the link between armed groups and the mineral trade, the head of a Congolese research institute said.
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A boat carrying as many as 118 people capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last night, killing at least 38, the Red Cross said.
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The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo is “indispensable” to the humanitarian relief effort there, a UN humanitarian official said.
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Congolese rebels are advancing south after their capture of the eastern city of Goma two days ago, the United Nations said, as African leaders prepared to hold a summit to discuss the crisis in the region.
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