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Uganda: Focus on research, Tayebwa challenges university lecturers
Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, has challenged private university lecturers to focus on ground breaking research, if they are to uphold the quality of university education. Tayebwa was speaking while officiating at the 5th graduation ceremony of...
Owner: Teresa Clarke
Congo outbreak: Terrifying symptoms of mystery 'crying disease' that can kill in 48 hours
Health officials have been left concerned by the outbreak The terrifying symptoms of a mystery 'crying disease' that kills you in hours have emerged - as fears grow that it may spread. The illness - which has killed 53 people in northwestern Congo...
Owner: Reach PLC
Why does DRC want to end ex-President Kabila’s immunity for war crimes?
The army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) asked the Senate this week to revoke former President Joseph Kabila’s immunity from prosecution. Removal of Kabila’s immunity would pave the way for him to be prosecuted on charges of...
Owner: Qatari Government
Peace for minerals: Negotiations between the US and Democratic Republic of the Congo raise alarm bells
The world’s largest exporters of coltan — essential for digitalization, the energy transition, and weapons production — have become the latest example of the U.S. government’s transactional policies. At a time when world powers are seeking to...
Owner: Polanco Family
DRC Crisis: Start of a Wider Regional Conflict
27th January, 2025. For the second time in the last ten years, rebels from the March 23 Movement, or M23, captured Goma– the provincial capital of North Kivu. This marked a significant increase in the fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of...
Owner: Modern Diplomacy
Arab world's first joint satellite a step closer to lift-off
Pro-Government
The National News
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A satellite jointly built by Arab nations is a step closer to launch, with lift-off preparations complete. More than 30 engineers from the United Arab Emirates University in Al Ain and engineers and researchers from 11 other Arab countries helped...
Owner: United Arab Emirates Government
Why Kinshasa keeps flooding — and why it’s not just about the rain
Center-left
Down to Earth
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The April 2025 flooding disaster in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, wasn’t just about intense rainfall. It was a symptom of recent land use change which has occurred rapidly in the city, turning it into a sprawling urban...
Owner: the Society for Environmental Communications
Baby, It’s Hot Outside! Extreme Heat Is Having An Impact On World Cities.
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. A statistical analysis by the International Institute of Environment and Development found the number of days of extreme heat in major world cities is increasing at an...
Owner: Zachary Shahan
Congo news blackout on mystery killer viruses as 50 victims in hours
Fears around a mystery illness that has killed 50 people in the Congo continue to grow exponentially. It comes as the Daily Star uncovered an apparent media blackout on the "worrying" disease with zero reports from local outlets on a viral...
Owner: Reach PLC
Congo's defeated foreign mercenaries head home with 'big relief'
‹‹ 1 of 3 Romanian mercenaries queue to undergo screening as they are evacuated from Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) amid a conflict between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), at...
Owner: Ong Beng Seng & Singaporean Government
DRC/Rwanda: Kagame, Tshisekedi to attend crisis summit as Goma’s fate hangs in the balance
Neutral
Africa Report
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The M23 armed group took control of Goma’s airport in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, a security source said, following days of intense clashes that killed more than 100 people and wounded nearly 1,000, according to an AFP tally of...
Owner: Jeune Afrique Media Group
DRC demands action against Rwanda from the United Nations Security Council
The United Nations Security Council met for the second time in three days on Tuesday to discuss the escalating crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. UN agencies on the ground are reporting chaotic scenes in the streets of the...
Owner: Pedro Vargas David & Luís Santos
Congo's M23 rebels take control of Goma airport, embassies attacked in capital
Neutral
NTV Uganda
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GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Rebels seized the airport of east Congo's largest city Goma on Tuesday, potentially cutting off the main route for aid to reach hundreds of thousands of displaced people, after capturing the...
Owner: Aga Khan IV (Shah Karim al-Husayni)
Congo fighting: Rise of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels harder to stop this time
Colleta Nzabonipa, 54, sits among other internally displaced people who fled from various camps following fighting between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,...
Owner: Samuel Kamau Macharia
DRC tries to slow rebels’ assault amid reports of bodies in the streets
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo — Congolese security forces on Tuesday tried to slow the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who say they have captured Goma after entering eastern Congo's largest city. U.N. officials reported violence, looting...
Owner: American Government
International company news in brief: Starlink gets DRC licence
Neutral
BusinessLIVE
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Apple, Anthropic in AI ‘vibe coding’ deal BENGALURU — Apple is partnering with Amazon-backed start-up Anthropic on a new “vibe-coding” software platform that will use artificial intelligence to write, edit and test code on behalf of programmers,...
Owner: Tshepo Mahloele
DRC has created a reserve force to fight the M23 – why this ...
Neutral
Modern Ghana
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After nearly three decades of warfare, armed conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) seems only to intensify. The Rwanda-backed M23 rebellion has been at the centre of attention in recent years. However, eastern DRC is home to...
Owner: Kwame Owusu
Why Kinshasa keeps flooding – and why it’s not just about the rain
The April 2025 flooding disaster in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, wasn’t just about intense rainfall. It was a symptom of recent land use change which has occurred rapidly in the city, turning it into a sprawling urban...
Owner: The Conversation Media Group
Congo faces deadly outbreak as mystery illness kills 53, WHO reports
Investigators traced the outbreak’s origin to Boloko Village, where three children under the age of 5 died after reportedly eating a bat carcass, health officials said. In addition to the other symptoms reported with this disease, the three...
Owner: New Zealand Media & Entertainment (NZME)
DRC creates a reserve force to fight the M23 – why this may backfire
After nearly three decades of warfare, armed conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) seems only to intensify. The Rwanda-backed M23 rebellion has been at the centre of attention in recent years. However, eastern DRC is home to...
Owner: The Conversation Media Group