The Southern African Liaison Office

The Southern African Liaison Office

International liaison, dialogue and research.

DRC News Briefs 

DRC – 18 June 2015

SALO

NGOs demand release of detained activists in DRC

More than 200 domestic and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) called on Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday to release two young activists arrested in March during a raid on a pro-democracy meeting in the capital Kinshasa.

News 24

 

DRC Asks US for New Great Lakes Envoy

Lawmakers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have called on the U.S. to name a new envoy to the Great Lakes region, to replace the retired Russ Feingold.

VOA News

 

UN Deploys Troops, Helicopters to Back Congo in Fight With Rebels

U.N. forces have deployed ground troops, attack helicopters and drones to support a campaign by Democratic Republic of Congo’s army against rebels in the northeast of the country, the head of its U.N. peacekeeping mission said on Wednesday.
VOA News

 
DRC arrests ‘leader’ of Goma airport attack

Soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have captured the man suspected of being behind a deadly attack this week on the largest airport in the east of the country, the government’s spokesperson said on Wednesday.

News 24