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Such as these refugee camps in the DRC, camps in neighboring Uganda are thousands of people's last resort, Copyright: UN Photo/Marie Frechon

Once more the Great Lakes Region is shaken by enormous clashes between rebel forces and official soldiers of the Congolese army. For days, the border region of the DRC and Uganda is the scene for heavy fighting. Meanwhile tens of thousands fled the war zone and seek refuge in neighboring Uganda. It remains to be hoped that the new clashes in the DRC’s forests will not push the region into another disastrous period of long-lasting warfare. Weiterlesen »

Tags: DRC, fighting, refugees, Uganda

Malaria testing, Copyright: US Army Africa

24th April, World Malaria Day, Geneve: WHO celebrates the progress made in Malaria treatment and present their new initiative for further combat; the T3 initiative.

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Tags: DRC, Malaria, MSF, T3, WHO, World Malaria Day

Joint statement from Wednesday 30 November 2011

Yesterday four out of the 11 presidential candidates still called for the annulment of ongoing presidential- and parliament elections because of countrywide irregularities. They plead for ballot rigging. Today five observing African organizations published an official joint declaration wherein they called the elections a success for the DR Congo. Weiterlesen »

Tags: AU, COMESA, DRC, ECCAS, Election Commiss, ICGLR, presidential election, SADC

Not enough ballot paper, pre-marked papers, unpaid electoral workers and now the call for annulment of the elections people longed for so desperately in the DRC. Four of the eleven presidential candidates for their part called upon the officials from the election commission to annul the elections. Their reproach: Ballot rigging.   Weiterlesen »

Tags: ballot rigging, BBC, DRC, election commision, fraud, Kabila, Monusco, presidential elections, Vital Kamerhe

List of candidates DRC, source: bbc.co.uk (28 Nov 2011)

Today’s presidential elections in the DRC were ruled by a general fear of violence. In DRC’s second biggest city Lubumbashi at least four people got killed in the course of an attack of an armed group. They attacked a logistic transport of voting material as well as neighboring polling stations. While these few attacks seem to be the only reported ones in the country so far, delays occurred in different regions due to delayed arrivals of voting material. Especially very hard accessible regions were affected. Voters waited for several hours to make use of their right to vote and were locally disappointed by such delays. Additionally to that heavy rainfalls made the election process in several areas even more difficult. Weiterlesen »

Tags: DRC

BBC Africa about today's elections in the DRC, source: bbc.co.uk

BBC Africa as well as Al Jazeera reported about the opening of the polling stations in the Democratic Republic this morning. While several irregularities have been reported, people are swarming to the polling stations to vote for presidential candidates and a new parliament. Weiterlesen »

Tags: Al-Jazeera, BBC Africa, DRC, polling stations, presidential elections

The Democratic Republic of Congo will see its second free presidential and parliament elections tomorrow. It is an exceptional event for an exceptional country on the African continent. Weiterlesen »

Tags: Ban Ki-moon, Congo, DRC, elections, president, South Africa, votes

Independent observers expect the upcoming general presidential elections on the November 28 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to be won by its current president Joseph Kabila. While the outcome of the elections seems to be clear, a local opposition politician was killed tuesday night in Kinshasa. Weiterlesen »

Tags: DRC, Human Rights groups, MLC, presidential elections

Flyer for Volcanic Eruption Trek near Goma

Since one of the two most active volcanoes in Africa, Nyamarugira and Nyiragongo, erupted heavily on November 6, the regional tourism office tries to attract adventure tourists for an exclusive volcano trek. Weiterlesen »

Tags: DRC, Nyamarugira, Nyiragongo, tourism, Virunga Mountains, Virunga National Park, Volcanic Eruption Trek

Cool lava around Goma - Copyright Darren Crawford

The two volcanoes Nyamarugira and Nyiragongo belong to the most active volcanoes in Africa as well as worldwide. The region of the Virunga Mountains was regularly shaken by massive eruptions. A few days ago the Nyamarugira, a large shield volcano with a height of 3058m, erupted again. On the second day of the eruption park rangers reported about tall lava fountains shooting a few 100 meters high. Weiterlesen »

Tags: DRC, East African Rift Valley, Goma, Lake Kivu, Nyamarugira, Nyiragongo, Virunga Mountains