Pollutants from metal extraction linked to greatly increased risk of conditions such as spina bifida and limb abnormalities The African conflict zone has shown resilience and resourcefulness – and leaders tackling Covid-19 should heed its example They also called on the commission to abandon the use of controversial voting machines that were untested in Congo and could potentially be used to tamper with results.A Congolese court sentenced four members of the Filimbi (“whistle” in Swahili) citizens’ movement to one year in prison in September. The outbreak is centred in the northeast of the country.
In April, government officials denied any humanitarian crisis and refused to attend an international donor conference to raise US$1.7 billion for emergency assistance to over 13 million people in need in Congo.Throughout 2018, government officials and security forces banned peaceful demonstrations; used teargas and in some cases live ammunition to disperse protesters; restricted the movement of opposition leaders; and arbitrarily detained hundreds of pro-democracy and human rights activists, opposition supporters, journalists, peaceful protesters, and others, most of whom were eventually released.During three separate protests led by the Lay Coordination Committee (CLC) of the Catholic Church in December 2017, and January and February 2018, security forces used excessive force, including teargas and live ammunition, against peaceful protesters within and around Catholic churches in the capital, Kinshasa, and other cities.
The consequences have been alarming.Brazil was responsible for more than a third of the total global loss in 2019. Célestin Tunda is released after questioning a day after he clashed with the president The World Health Organization called the end of the country’s 10th outbreak, the second deadliest in history, “a victory for science.” Much of the violence appeared linked to the country’s broader political crisis.
Fellow activists and others believe he was the victim of a targeted attack.In July, two journalists and two human rights activists were threatened and went into hiding following the release of a documentary about mass evictions from land claimed by the presidential family in eastern Congo.In early August, Congolese security forces fired teargas and live ammunition to disperse political opposition supporters, killing at least two people—including a child—and injuring at least seven others with gunshot wounds, during the candidate registration period for presidential elections. There is a lot of conflict happening in a country in central Africa called the Democratic Republic of Congo. A new study shows that 60% of the world’s wars have lasted for at least a decade. 28 October 2019 ; In eastern Congo, a local conflict flares as regional tensions rise ‘This is not just an ethnic problem. Shops in the Republic of the Congo’s capital use colourful depictions of the goods they sell to get around the lack of a common tongue Gallery Published: 3 Sep 2019 From December 9 to 13, security forces killed at least 7 opposition supporters, wounded more than 50 people, and arbitrarily detained scores of others.According to the Kivu Security Tracker, which documents violence in eastern Congo, assailants, including state security forces, killed more than 883 civilians and abducted, as well as kidnapped for ransom, nearly 1,400 others in North Kivu and South Kivu in 2018.In Beni territory, North Kivu province, around 300 civilians were killed in nearly 100 attacks by various armed groups, including the ADF.In May, unidentified assailants killed a park ranger and kidnapped two British tourists and their Congolese driver in eastern Congo’s Virunga National Park.