Tag:Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Climate Change

Activists seek visiting Pope Francis’ support in halting DRC oil projects

As Pope Francis kicks off his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, January 31, 2023, climate activists are set to hold...

Michael Simire - January 30, 2023

Disaster Risk Management

Congo floods, landslides kill at least 120 in Kinshasa

At least 120 people are dead after heavy rains in the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to the government. The rainfall...

Michael Simire - December 15, 2022

Cover

Groups hand over 100,000-signature petition calling DRC’s president to stop new oil development

More than 100,000 people have signed a petition calling on President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to end the development...

Michael Simire - July 25, 2022

Cover

Campaigners flay DRC’s plan to auction oil blocks in Congo Basin

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is planning to auction off 16 blocks of land to the oil industry, albeit in...

Michael Simire - July 11, 2022

Health

DRC declares 14th Ebola outbreak over

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Monday, July 4, 2022, declared the end of the Ebola outbreak that erupted less than three months ago in Mbandaka, the capital of Equateur Province in...

Michael Simire - July 4, 2022

Conservation

DRC’s Independence Day: Activists call for fossil-free Virunga, protection of sensitive ecosystems

Ahead of the country’s Independence Day, climate activists in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are holding actions running from June 27 to 30,...

Michael Simire - June 27, 2022

Health

DRC declares new Ebola outbreak in Mbandaka – WHO

World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported that health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Saturday, April 23, 2022, declared an...

admin - April 24, 2022

Conservation

World Wetlands Day: Local communities, climate activists revive demands for a fossil-free Virunga

As the World Wetlands Day was celebrated on Wednesday, February 2, 2022 under the theme “People and Nature”, local communities and civil society in the...

Michael Simire - February 3, 2022

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