Nearly 50 people held by ADF rebels for two to three months have been freed in Malembi forest, Mambasa territory, Radio Okapi reported. Twenty-nine of them were handed back to their families at a ceremony in Mambasa on Monday.
Nearly 50 people held by ADF rebels for several weeks have been freed in Malembi forest, in Ituri province in eastern DR Congo, Radio Okapi reported. The forest lies about 130 kilometres from Mambasa-centre, in Mambasa territory. Civil society sources, citing the chief of the Malembi grouping, said the release followed recent clashes between the Congolese army (FARDC) and ADF fighters. Some of the freed hostages went to army positions and were then taken to Mambasa. Others returned straight to their villages or camps. The…
The ISP camp for displaced people in Bunia, eastern DR Congo, has a single water source for about 3,500 households, Radio Okapi reported. Residents fear disease and are urging humanitarian partners to step in.
The ISP displacement site in Bunia's Muzipela neighbourhood is running short of clean drinking water, Radio Okapi reported on Monday. Nearly 16,000 people live in the camp, which has only one water source. That source cannot meet the needs of the thousands of households living there. Queues are growing around the single water point. Residents say the site's four taps no longer run regularly. Even when the supply returns, it falls far short of what the camp's roughly 3,500 households need. The state of the pipe network makes things worse. According to Radio Okapi, the system serving the site's 39 blocks is now almost completely out of service. With no other option,…
A Congolese soldier and three CRP militiamen were killed on Thursday when militia fighters attacked an army position at Bule-centre in Ituri's Djugu territory. Seven other militiamen were seriously wounded, security sources told Radio Okapi.
Community leaders in Bunia's Bankoko neighbourhood, in DR Congo's Ituri province, say 26 people have died in nearly three weeks of possible Ebola. Health authorities have not confirmed the figures or the more than 100 reported contacts.
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