U.N. Says Nearly 3,000 Killed in Congo Fighting
The United Nations estimated on Wednesday that almost 3,000 people have been killed during the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

The United Nations estimated on Wednesday that almost 3,000 people have been killed during the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Uganda has reportedly dispatched another thousand soldiers into the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), joining a rapidly-escalating battle in which a vicious Rwanda-supported insurgency called M23 has captured a regional capital and set its sights on the seat of government in Kinshasa.
President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the conflict between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a “very serious problem.”
Over half a million people have reportedly been displaced by the battle raging between Congolese security forces and M23 rebels for the city of Goma.
At least 13 U.N. peacekeepers and other foreign soldiers were killed in heavy fighting near the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Sunday, as the M23 insurgent group closed in on the strategically vital city.
The jailing of Axel Rudakubana, who rushed into a children’s party and tried to kill everyone inside has triggered a debate on legal reform.
Rudakubana won’t necessarily spend his whole life in jail because he was days shy of his 18th birthday when he attacked.
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Tuesday filed criminal complaints against subsidiaries of electronics giant Apple in France and Belgium, accusing them of using “blood minerals” sourced to mines controlled by armed gangs in the eastern DRC.
The Africa Centers for Disease Control (Africa CDC) on Thursday called for President-elect Donald Trump to honor outgoing President Joe Biden’s pledge to supply a million doses of monkeypox (or mpox) vaccine for the outbreak in central and eastern Africa.
The leftist Labour Party government in Britain is facing accusations of a cover-up amid reports that senior officials were aware that the suspect in the mass stabbing at a children’s dance party in Southport could face terror charges for weeks.
About 200 women ages 18-22 from across Africa have been recruited to work in a factory alongside Russian vocational students.
Germany is looking at taking advantage of the hundreds of millions spent by the British on the now scrapped Rwanda migrant scheme to send its own illegals to the East African nation.
The World Health Organization on Wednesday took the long-discussed step of declaring a global health emergency over the monkeypox or “mpox” outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which has begun spreading into neighboring African nations.
A record number of migrants crossed the English Channel on Sunday, delivering the highest single-day total since left-wing Labour Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer gained office with a vow to end the illicit human trade.
On his first day in office, newly elected Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer reportedly scrapped the plan to send illegal boat migrants to Rwanda.
The armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) said on Sunday that a coup attempt in the capital of Kinshasa was thwarted.
Open borders advocates on the streets and in the government have stepped up efforts to derail plans to remove illegal migrants from the UK.
The first “illegal migrants” to be deported to Rwanda have been detained, but thousands have already slipped through the net or gone missing.
The Congo has sent Apple a cease-and-desist order threatening legal action unless the tech giant stops using allegedly illegally exported minerals.
Brexit leader Nigel Farage said that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has “staked the house” on stopping illegal migrants crossing the English Channel and therefore will have to call for a general election in June or July to force voters to cast their ballots before his hallmark legislation has a chance to fail.
Europe’s highest rights body called on Britain to scrap a plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, saying it raised “major issues”.
The bill would theoretically see illegal migrants removed from Britain to Rwanda, however, getting illegals on flights is not a certainty.
An organization representing the ethnic Tutsi survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide condemned Antony Blinken.
Tories get in not-so subtle dig at mayor Sadiq Khan by stating the Rwandan capital is now “arguably safer than London”.
UK govt planes to take migrants to Africa are still three months away and Farage doubts whether a single migrant will be removed at all.
France will aim to renew ties with Africa and build “balanced partnerships” that are beneficial to the continent, France’s top diplomat said.
A record number of migrants crossed the English Channel so far this year despite Rishi Sunak’s claims of success at stopping the boats.
The British government is planning on giving failed asylum seekers up to £3,000 to voluntarily leave the country and relocate to Rwanda.
58 Tory lawmakers backed amendment to prevent international law from being used to block or delay a person from being deported to Rwanda.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The ReidOut,” host Joy Reid stated that even though Hamas has refused to release any more of the hostages it took during the October 7 terrorist attack on Israel despite Israel offering another pause in
A French court is expected to rule Tuesday on charges against a Rwandan doctor for his alleged role in the 1994 genocide in his home country.
Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman warned the Tories are facing “electoral oblivion” and warned Prime Minister’s Sunak Rwanda plans are doomed to fail.
The interior ministers of Britain and Rwanda signed a treaty on Tuesday that aims to revive a plan to send asylum-seekers to East Africa.
Top figures rush to pour water on promise of deportation flights by Spring, while sacked minister Braverman warns gov simply not bold enough.
UK leader Rishi Sunak set himself a trap on Wednesday night, promising flights deporting migrants to Rwanda by “Spring next year”.
Prime Minister promises “emergency legislation” to enable deporation flights and to face up to the European court if they try to stop him.
UK and Austria signed security agreement taking in migration, terrorism, and cyber and are set to enter further talks on deportations.
Prime Minsiter Rishi Sunak admitted the government is likely to fail to stop the migrant crisis before the next election.
During a state visit to Rwanda on Sunday, Hungarian President Katalin Novak signed an agreement allowing Rwandan nuclear energy technicians to receive training from Hungarian universities.
Court of Appeals rules Rwanda is not a safe country for deportations and thereby ruling out the UK government’s resettlement scheme.