At least 10 civilians killed by ADF rebels in eastern DRC: local sources

STORY: At least 10 civilians killed by ADF rebels in eastern DRC: local sources SHOOTING TIME: April 4, 2024 DATELINE: April 5, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:41 LOCATION: Kinshasa CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the attack scene in Beni, DR Congo 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (French) KAMBALE DESIRE, Local physician 3. various of the attack scene in Beni, DR Congo 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): MUHINDO TAFUTENI, President of local civil society 5. various of the attack scene in Beni, DR Congo STORYLINE: At least 10 civilians were killed in an attack Tuesday evening by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), local sources reported Wednesday. According to local civil society, ADF rebels made an incursion into Mangodomu, a village located in the Beni territory of North Kivu province, which has been under military and police administration since 2021. SOUNDBITE 1 (French) KAMBALE DESIRE, Local physician "Five minutes after we went out, the rebels arrived. Almost all of the motor

DR Congo launches vaccination against Ebola after new case reported

STORY: DR Congo launches vaccination against Ebola after new case reported DATELINE: Aug. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:34 LOCATION: BENI, DR Congo CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the vaccination site against Ebola in Beni, NE DR Congo 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): JOHN MUHINDO MUHOTHOLO, Staff of the morgue in Beni 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): MAITRE PEPIN KAVOTHA, Head of the civil society in Beni STORYLINE: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) launched on Thursday the vaccination against the Ebola virus in Beni, a city in the northeastern North Kivu province, after a new confirmed case was reported on Monday by the Congolese health authorities. The vaccination campaign kicked off at the Beni reference hospital, with the "objective to protect frontline workers who will, in turn, vaccinate contacts," according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Over 200 doses of Ervebo vaccines (rVSV-ZEBOV) have been provided by WHO to vaccinate frontline health workers, identified contacts, and contacts of conta

DR Congo artists hold self-designed fashion show in refugee camp

STORY: DR Congo artists hold self-designed fashion show in refugee camp DATELINE: April 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:31 LOCATION: GOMA, DR Congo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the fashion show in a refugee camp in Goma, NE DR Congo 2. SOUNDBITE (French): PATRICK MUHINDO, Director of the workshop Kuliko Art 3. SOUNDBITE (French): MAGUMBA VIRGINIE, Model STORYLINE: A fashion show was held Friday in a refugee camp on the outskirts of Goma, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to commemorate the lives lost in natural disasters and armed conflicts in the region. Bypaths of the refugee camp, shelter for the displaced victims of the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo in May 2021, have been turned into a runway by Patrick Muhindo, director of a local art workshop Kuliko Art. SOUNDBITE (French): PATRICK MUHINDO, Director of the workshop Kuliko Art "We, the stylists and models of Kuliko Art, came to this camp of victims who lost their belongings during a volcanic eruption. We came to help them out on

Int'l conference held in Goma, DR Congo to strengthen management on volcanoes

STORY: Int'l conference held in Goma, DR Congo to strengthen management on volcanoes DATELINE: March 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:18 LOCATION: GOMA, DR Congo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the first international conference on the management of the Virunga Mountains 2. SOUDBITE 1 (French) MUHINDO ADALBERT, Director general of Goma Volcanological Observatory 3. various of people affected by the eruption of Nyiragongo volcano in Goma STORYLINE: The first edition of the international conference on the management of Virunga Mountains concluded on Monday in Goma, capital of the North Kivu province in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The three-day conference aimed to promote scientific exchanges in strengthening management of the Goma Volcanological Observatory (OVG), as well as to prevent the upcoming eruptions of volcanoes in the Virunga Mountains. Goma is home to two active volcanoes, Nyamulagira and Nyiragongo. The Nyiragongo volcano erupted in May 2021, killing at least 32

DRC-GOMA-FASHION ENTREPRENEURS

DRC-GOMA-FASHION ENTREPRENEURS

(220110) -- GOMA (DRC), Jan. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Patrick Muhindo, a fashion maker who started his own clothing line and sewing workshop called "Kuliko Art," checks clothes in Goma, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on Jan. 5, 2022. Under the shadow of violence that has plagued the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for decades, local fashion entrepreneurs are longing to stitch hopes and sew the fabric of peace by making their own clothing line. (Photo by Zanem Nety Zaidi/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Fashion entrepreneur sews fabric of peace in NE DR Congo rife with violence