By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on ONU Info
Illustrative image · Şeyhmus Kino · Pexels · Licence PexelsNearly 28.8 million people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are facing acute food insecurity, according to the latest analysis by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification. Conflict, displacement and epidemics, including Ebola, are worsening the situation in the east of the country, reports UN News.
The president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Félix Tshisekedi, says a constitutional revision would help end the country’s aggression and put it back on the right track. He rejects the idea that the project aims to prolong his stay in power, according to Corbeau News Centrafrique.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Corbeau News Centrafrique ·
Paul Rusesabagina accuses Rwandan President Paul Kagame of sending troops to eastern DR Congo to extract minerals. The former hotelier says Congolese minerals are exported through Rwanda, while Washington has sanctioned Rwanda’s Ministry of Defence and Zigama bank, according to ACTUALITE.CD.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Desk Eco ·
The Congolese government has launched PRECAPE, a project intended to meet urgent needs and support the livelihoods of people in Beni, Walikale and Uvira. The Social Fund of the Democratic Republic of the Congo will implement it, according to a dispatch from the Interior Ministry.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Beto ·
The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Russia signed three agreements in Moscow, including one creating an intergovernmental commission. Félix Tshisekedi identified peace, security, agriculture, energy and digital innovation as cooperation priorities, according to the Congolese presidency as reported by Beto.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Beto ·
Flooding closes schools in Kasindi, North KivuHeavy rains flooded several streets and homes in the Congo ya Sika and Mapathi districts of Kasindi-Lubirigha, in Beni territory, North Kivu. Schools closed and traffic and commercial activities were disrupted, while civil society called for work on the rainwater drainage channel to be accelerated, according to local sources.
Central African ministry briefs staff on HIVThe Central African Ministry for the Promotion of Gender held a session in Bangui to brief its staff on HIV prevention, protection and support. Chaired by Minister Marthe Augustine Kirima, the meeting also covered viral hepatitis, malaria and tuberculosis, according to Centra-News.The week in Africa
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