DR Congo holds funeral for victims of deadly bombings at IDP sites

STORY: DR Congo holds funeral for victims of deadly bombings at IDP sites SHOOTING TIME: May 15, 2024/File DATELINE: May 16, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:33 LOCATION: GOMA, DRC CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the funeral held in Goma, DR Congo 2. SOUNDBITE (Swahili): EUGENIE UWINEZA, Displaced person at the funeral 3. File footage of IDP camps in Goma, DR Congo (shot in Jan. 2024) STORYLINE: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) held a funeral on Wednesday for the victims of recent bombings at several sites for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the country's eastern province of North Kivu. On May 3, at least five rockets fell in and around four IDP camps in the outlying neighborhoods of Goma, the capital of North Kivu Province. According to the provincial government, the toll rose to 35 and 37 were injured. The Minister of Social Affairs, Humanitarian Actions and National Solidarity, Modeste Mutinga Mutushayi, reaffirmed the DRC government's will and determination to spare no effort to restore p

(SP)EGYPT-CAIRO-FOOTBALL-CAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE-AL AHLY VS SIMBA

(SP)EGYPT-CAIRO-FOOTBALL-CAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE-AL AHLY VS SIMBA

(240406) -- CAIRO, April 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Anthony Modeste (R) of Al Ahly vies for the ball during the CAF Champions League quarter-final match between Al Ahly of Egypt and Simba of Tanzania in Cairo, Egypt, April 5, 2024. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

(SP)EGYPT-CAIRO-FOOTBALL-CAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE-AL AHLY VS SIMBA

(SP)EGYPT-CAIRO-FOOTBALL-CAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE-AL AHLY VS SIMBA

(240406) -- CAIRO, April 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Anthony Modeste (R) of Al Ahly vies for a header during the CAF Champions League quarter-final match between Al Ahly of Egypt and Simba of Tanzania in Cairo, Egypt, April 5, 2024. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

(SP)EGYPT-CAIRO-FOOTBALL-CAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

(SP)EGYPT-CAIRO-FOOTBALL-CAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

(240302) -- CAIRO, March 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Anthony Modeste (R) of Al Ahly breaks through during the CAF Champions League Group D football match between Al Ahly of Egypt and Young Africans of Tanzania in Cairo, Egypt, March 1, 2024. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

China a "model" for DR Congo: Senate president

STORY: China a "model" for DR Congo: Senate president DATELINE: Sept. 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:43 LOCATION: Kinshasa CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the reception 2. various of Kinshasa 3. various of China-aid projects in Kinshasa STORYLINE: China has made remarkable achievements in the past decades, and is a role model for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to follow, President of the Senate Modeste Bahati Lukwebo said here Friday. "Everyone has followed China's evolution with interest," he said while addressing a reception held at the Chinese Embassy in the DRC celebrating the 74th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Noting that China's achievements, particularly its economic growth, poverty alleviation and technological development, were fulfilled "through work and discipline," the Senate president said, "China is a good example for the Congolese to follow." DRC President Felix Tshisekedi's successful and fruitful state visit to China in late May has inject

(SP)GERMANY-COLOGNE-FOOTBALL-BUNDESLIGA-COLOGNE VS FREIBURG

(SP)GERMANY-COLOGNE-FOOTBALL-BUNDESLIGA-COLOGNE VS FREIBURG

(220206) -- COLOGNE, Feb. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Anthony Modeste of Cologne celebrates after scoring during the German first division Bundesliga football match between FC Cologne and SC Freiburg in Cologne, Germany, Feb. 5, 2022. (Photo by Ulrich Hufnagel/Xinhua)

(SP)GERMANY-BOCHUM-FOOTBALL-BUNDESLIGA-BOCHUM VS COLOGNE

(SP)GERMANY-BOCHUM-FOOTBALL-BUNDESLIGA-BOCHUM VS COLOGNE

(220123) -- BOCHUM, Jan. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Anthony Modeste (L) of Cologne vies with Armel Bella Kotchap of Bochum during the German first division Bundesliga football match between VfL Bochum 1848 and FC Cologne in Bochum, Germany, Jan. 22, 2022. (Photo by Ulrich Hufnagel/Xinhua)

(SP)GERMANY-BOCHUM-FOOTBALL-BUNDESLIGA-BOCHUM VS COLOGNE

(SP)GERMANY-BOCHUM-FOOTBALL-BUNDESLIGA-BOCHUM VS COLOGNE

(220123) -- BOCHUM, Jan. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Anthony Modeste of Cologne celebrates after scoring during the German first division Bundesliga football match between VfL Bochum 1848 and FC Cologne in Bochum, Germany, Jan. 22, 2022. (Photo by Ulrich Hufnagel/Xinhua)