Great Lakes & DRC

2+ hour, 23+ min ago   (76+ words) Congo Protest GazetteXtra Security forces stand guard during a protest organized by opposition parties against constitutional changes proposed by President Felix Tshisekedi, in Kinshasa, Congo, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. CHS says it will break ground this fall on major soybean crushing plant…...

2+ hour, 23+ min ago   (56+ words) Congo Protest Dayton Daily News State report card results show major progress for some local districts ‘I don’t even know why I got arrested’: Springfield ICE detainee interviewed from Butler County Jail With earlier start, Air Force Marathon…...

2+ hour, 14+ min ago   (283+ words) KINSHASA, Sept 15 (Reuters) – Police in Democratic Republic of Congo dispersed opposition protests in several cities on Tuesday against proposed constitutional changes that critics say could ​allow President Felix Tshisekedi to seek a third ‌term, with Reuters witnesses reporting tear gas…...

2+ hour, 23+ min ago   (93+ words) Congo Protest The Herald Journal - Manage Subscription (Pay Your Bill, Vacation Request, Update Account Info) People march during a protest organized by opposition parties against constitutional changes proposed by President Felix Tshisekedi, in Kinshasa, Congo, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. There was a…...

2+ hour, 28+ min ago   (184+ words) Soldiers in the African nation of Eswatini accidentally shot two U.S. government personnel last week, the country's government said. The U.S. personnel were shot during an anti-smuggling operation by the Eswatini army in a rural region in the northeast of the country…...

6+ hour, 35+ min ago   (476+ words) According to IOL, buses moved refugees camped outside Durban’s Home Affairs reception centre to Lindela Repatriation Centre as tensions and verification efforts continue. According to IOL, foreign nationals who had been camping outside the Department of Home Affairs Durban Refugee…...

10+ hour, 53+ min ago   (372+ words) Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have established a parallel system of governance and taxation across areas they control in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, using income from businesses, transport, cross-border trade and minerals to finance their administration and military operations. The rebels have…...

14+ hour, 17+ min ago   (1669+ words) Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo — "They have methodically consolidated a de facto, deeply illegal, parallel administration." Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have embedded themselves into the local economy of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, using revenue from taxes and minerals to…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (129+ words) Taarifa Congo desk has established that the AFC/M23 rebels have held on to control of Kasopo in Masisi despite fierce fighting staged by Congolese troops and wazalendo militia. Kasopo locality is considered strategic in this area. However, government forces and…...

14+ hour, 2+ min ago   (876+ words) The talks come amid continued fighting and disputes over the implementation of key security commitments. Officials from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda are due to reconvene in Geneva on September 16 and 17 for talks on the implementation…...