#eastern congo

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🇺🇬🇨🇩 🚨 UGANDA BEGINS WITHDRAWEL OF 1'000 TROOPS FROM PEACEKEEPING MISSION IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

The Ugandan Military began the withdrawal of 1'000 troops deployed in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo for the regional peacekeeping force stationed in the country.

The move comes after Kinasha's Military issued a statement late Friday announcing a decision not to extend the mandate of the East African Community Regional Force (EACRF) beyond Dec. 8th.

According to the statement, the pull-out of Military assets in a phased manner, gradual and orderly, and sequentially deployed in March, 2023 will end on Jan. 7th, 2024.

"UPDF will ensure to expedite the pull-out of its forces and equipment within the approved timelines as enshrined in the extraordinary meeting of EAC CDFS (Chief of Defense Forces) held on Dec. 6," said Capt. Ahmad Hassan Kato, UPDF's contingent spokesperson.

CDF's meetings in Arusha, Tanzania, upheld DRC's decision and recommended to EAC defense ministers that EACRF officially ceases operations in the east African country, with immediate effect from Dec 8th.

Following the decision, Uganda, Burundi, Kenya, and South Sudan deployed troops to the region, which was endorsed and adopted by the regional leaders at the 3rd East African Community Heads of State Conclave on Peace and Security in eastern DRC, held in Nairobi last June.

"Uganda contingent urges all armed groups (in eastern DRC) to facilitate the withdrawal of the UPDF troops by observing total ceasefire so as to allow the forces to exit from the mission area safely," said Kato.

According to the Ugandan Military, other troops deployed to the eastern DRC as part of a joint military operation with their Congolese counterparts will continue the hunt against the Allied Democratic Forces in the region.

Via@XinhuaNews

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Fred Richani interviews activist, filmmaker, and Focus Congo founder Pappy Orion, shedding light on his remarkable charity work in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The interview also covers the pressing issues of G-cide, war, and the exploitation of labor for cobalt, coltan, and other resources. Pappy Orion shares insights on how we can support the DRC and delves into his incredible childhood journey on foot, spanning from Congo all the way down to South Africa in search of safety and a better life. This is a touching and heart wrenching conversation on activism, resilience, faith, tragedy, and perseverance.

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[hussyknee]

White Jews are white and Israelis are all white in the MENA. Die mad about it.

[aengelren]

life after seeing people start waking up and stop idolizing elitism and celebrity culture, feeding their pockets while the working class and third world countries suffer..is the human revolution near?

[redcarpet-streetstyle]

[criticalbennifer]

What’s he on?!

who’s idea was it to turn it into a whole event?

“A source said”

Who’s the source?

[yours-stevie]

Damn Jennifer in this dress 🔥

[inatungulates]

Eastern bay duiker Cephalophus castaneus

Observed by dalempijevic1, CC-BY-NC

[soon-palestine]

[adropofhumanity]

"the DR Congo players used the national anthem during their semi-final at AFCON as an opportunity to raise awareness to the atrocities and massacres happening in eastern congo that has forced thousands of humans to flee"

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WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CONGO?

Stay informed. Spread awareness. Donate. Organizations/People to Donate to:

Help Children To Orphanages & Provide Aid to Goma

Emergency Relief for displaced children in DRCongo

Help the Busimba Family Rebuild their lives

For Displaced People in North Kivu, DR Congo

For Displaced women in DRC

To create a fund and mutual aid chain to help orphans move to safer areas

Donate to FocusCongo

Donate to CongoFriends (PayPal)

Action Against Hunger

Eastern Congo Initiative

Resources to Learn About the DRC:

Thread to multiple books to understand what is happening in the DRC

Raising Consciousness About the Challenge of the Congo

A thread from 2019 talking about the situation in the DRC

A list created by trinityy777 to keep yourself up to date on what’s happening in the DRC

City of Joy Documentary (Content warning: mentions of rape and violence)

[violottie]

"At least 12 killed, including a mother with a baby strapped to her back, in twin bomb blasts that hit two camps for displaced people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo on Friday 2nd May." from African Stream, 04/May/2024:

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This brave brother allegedly took the baby away from his dead mother's corpse; effectively, saving the baby's life, according to local reports.

The United Nations condemned the attack that targeted the camps in Lac Vert and Mugunga, near the city of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, the UN said in a statement.

The attacks, in which at least 20 people were injured, were a "flagrant violation of human rights and international humanitarian law and may constitute a war crime”, it said.

Many of the victims were sleeping in their tents when the area was attacked.

The United States has accused the military in neighbouring Rwanda and the M23 rebel group of being behind the attacks. Yet the U.S. remains a staunch ally of Rwanda despite its many violations of human rights in DRC and its support for M23.

[sayruq]

Not surprised that Paul Kagame would do this given the genocide he is committing in Eastern Congo on behalf of Western governments

[keepscrollinghun]

@refugees

The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has warned of a growing humanitarian catastrophe in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where fighting between government forces and armed groups has caused hundreds of thousands of people to flee.

The mining in the Province of North Kivu Province is mainly for gold, cassiterite, coltan, diamonds, tourmaline, pyrochlore.

Humanitarians estimate that there are now more than 300,000 displaced people in Goma. Anne-Sylvie Linder says, “Some of them are at Bulengo or Lac Vert – where a site was prepared – as well as Rusayo, an outlying district in Goma where authorities have made several acres available. The Lac Vert site nevertheless poses a significant risk to the people there because of the potential for the release of dangerous methane gas. (ICRC.org)

update source to read more: VOA Reliefweb

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GFM Campaings for Congo

These are some gfm campaings for Congo, please donate, reblog and share!

ORGANIZATIONS:

I) Care for Congo

II) Sillage Association Malaïka ( orphans)

III) Voices from Congo

IV) Help for Goma

V) Donations for displaced women in eastern DRC

VI) Support Emmanuel's Peace African Hope Orgaization

VII)Help Children To Orphanages & Provide Aide to Goma

VIII) SOS Congo (displaced from Kivu)

IX) Doctors without borders

X) Friends of the Congo

XI) Free the Slaves

XII) Eastern Congo Initiative (Water system for internally displaced people)

EVACUATIONS FOUNDS:

Help a family of six leave the Democratic Republic of Congo

Help a refugee come to Colombia

REBUILD LIFE

I) Support The Busimba Family To Rebuild Their Lives