The East African Community (EAC) has urged all parties to the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to immediately implement the ceasefire directive made by the EAC heads of state, the regional bloc said in a statement late Friday. The statement urged the parties to observe…
Youth for Peace and Security Africa (YPS-Africa) is seeking $6billion compensation from ECOWAS for victims and citizens of Mali, Guinea, and Burkina Faso, who suffered illegal, harsh, and unnecessary sanctions placed on them during coup d'états in those countries. YPS-Africa, a subsidiary of Citizen Network of Peace and Security in…
The ninth meeting of the guarantors of peace, security and cooperation (PSC) framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has resolved to advance stability in the vast central African nation. The regional forum which was held in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital on Wednesday and attended by representatives of…
The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat on Tuesday evening condemned recent rebel attacks against Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) army and United Nations (UN) peacekeepers. In a press statement, the AU Commission chairperson said he is dismayed by M23 rebels' attacks against the Congolese…
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) accused the Rwandan forces of "incursion" into six villages in northeastern DRC on Monday morning, a spokesman of DRC's armed forces (FARDC) said. "There has been an incursion since Monday morning of the Rwandan forces in Kibumba", in DRC's northeastern border province of…