Butembo also once boasted an industrial-scale factory, the Cobeki soft drinks maker. But it went out of business in the transitional period between DRC's second civil war [1998-2003] and its 2006 ...

The warring parties have each imposed their own taxes at the borders they control, cutting off residents from the rest of the ...

south of the city of Butembo. Violence escalated on 2 May across Lubero territory, uprooting some 30,000 people, according to the UN aid coordination office, OCHA. The development comes amid ongoing ...

Butembo) which encourage the park’s use as an international smuggling zone. “The park is crossed by trade routes that enable smuggling. You can easily cross the border [DRC and Uganda’s ...

Hundreds of people rallied in Butembo, a city in Congo's North Kivu province to demand an end to war in their region. The march organized by civil society groups came as Goma, the provincial ...

The march organized by civil society groups came as Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu marked three months under rebel rule ‘I am deeply sorry’: Proteas star Kagiso Rabada confirms ...

Hundreds of people rallied in Butembo, a city in Congo’s North Kivu province to demand an end to war in their region. The march organized by civil society groups came as Goma, the provincial capital ...

It’s been over a month since SADC leaders decided at an extraordinary summit in Harare, to terminate the peacekeeping mission in the eastern DRC.

Félix Tshisekedi, president of the DRC in 2019 following a rightly disputed election ... infrastructure with the con-struction of roads on two routes, Kasindi-Beni-Butembo and Bunagana-Goma, enabling ...

including Lubero and Butembo Townships in North Kivu. This has prompted Uganda to deploy more troops in Bunia and Lubero areas to protect its economic interests in DRC. Last week, President ...