The attack took place late Friday at a shopping centre in Mubi, a village about 150 kilometres (93 miles) west of Goma, the main city in Nord-Kivu province, Colonel Bobo Kakudji, commander of the Congolese armed forces (FARDC) in Nord-Kivu told AFP.

"Their intention was to loot. There were five civilians killed, and 11 wounded including a FARDC captain,"

en Province Orientale. Secoué de troubles, le Haut-Uele est situé dans le nord-est de la RDC, à la frontière avec le Soudan et la République centrafricaine (RCA).

« L'Armée de résistance de seigneur [LRA] ne cesse de commettre des atrocités abominables à l'encontre des habitants

Active today in 9 countries in Africa, ACTED is at a crucial point of its regional development. 2010, and on the longer term 2011, will be the years of the consolidation of ACTED's on-going operations but also of the opening of new countries. The multiplication of multiple causes-driven crisis (environmental-lead, man-lead, etc...) leads to an increased vulnerability of local populations. Benoit Piot, West and Central Africa Regional Director explains ACTED's response to these new challenges.

Lambert Mende, Ministre de l'information de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC), a fait le déplacement de New York pour participer aux travaux de la 32eme session du Comité de l'information des Nations Unies. Lambert Mende s'exprime sur les relations actuelles entre son gouvernement et la Mission de l'ONU en RDC (MONUC) ainsi que sur la célébration de la Journée mondiale de la liberté de la presse.

Au cours de cette session du Comité de

"The hunger that is coming will be very bad"

- Resident of Obo, Central African Republic

In 2004, United Nations humanitarian chief Jan Egeland called northern Uganda the world's worst neglected humanitarian disaster. LRA attacks and the government's draconian policy of forced displacement, along with a strong dose of international neglect, led to the deaths of over 1,000 northern Ugandans a week at the height of the conflict. Egelands's comments helped move the international spotlight to the crisis, and since

In brief

Programme purpose: The 2009-2010 West and Central Africa Zone's (WCAZ) Plan aims at providing support to National Societies to properly address the needs of vulnerable people. The 2009 plan of action focuses on the implementation of the safety and resilient community framework. Integrated approach targeting community at risk has been developed with NS and PNS that covers DRR, Health and OD issues at branch level with strong community participation. Some of the projects

The security situation in North Kivu (eastern DRC) remains extremely fragile. People are still subject to rape, robbery, cattle theft, extortion and arson, as well as forced labour for