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Democratic Republic of Congo refugee joins Spokane Police Department
09 Apr 2024 22:50 GMT
SPOKANE, Wash. – Balinda Kizombo is a proud volunteer of the Spokane Police Department Reserve Unit. He graduated from the academy last fall and volunteers 20 hours a month doing the same tasks as full-time officers.
He says he fell in love with the …
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Humanitarian crisis unfolds as Tanzania struggles to support the growing number of Congo Refugees
22 Aug 2023 15:51 GMT
Authorities in Dodoma pleaded with aid organizations to assist refugees housed in camps. It came after the World Food Programme said earlier that it would reduce food distribution for refugees in Tanzania owing to a serious financial shortage.
The nation …
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Congo refugees join foster grandparents program
21 Jul 2023 11:14 GMT
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — We can always keep learning, and that is why two grandparents from the Congo went back to the first grade.
In Kent County, people who are 55 and up can apply for the Senior Neighbors’ Foster Grandparents Program. The program …
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113 DR Congo refugees flee to Uganda after rebel attacks
12 Jun 2023 18:10 GMT
KAMPALA, June 12 (Xinhua) -- At least 113 refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have crossed into Uganda following attacks by Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels in eastern DRC, a relief organization said here on Monday.
The Uganda Red …
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Uganda receives 1,800 DR Congo refugees repatriated from Kenya
07 Jun 2023 11:55 GMT
KAMPALA, June 7 (Xinhua) - Uganda has received 1,800 refugees from neighboring Kenya where they have been living for the past two months, a government official said Wednesday.
John Paul Magezi, an assistant protection officer at the Office of the Prime …
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DR Congo refugees enter Tanzania
16 Mar 2023 10:36 GMT
By APOLINARI TAIRO
Escalating fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has forced over 2,600 people, mostly children, women and elderly persons, to flee to Tanzania since the beginning of March.
In a brief media meeting on Wednesday evening, …
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CONGO: Refugees And Islamic Radicals
14 Mar 2023 10:24 GMT
March 14, 2023:
The UN is once again evaluating options to better use its UN peacekeeping force in Congo. The primary task of the peacekeepers is to improve security in eastern Congo and specifically address the dire situation in North Kivu province where …
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UN flags the Congo refugee disaster
11 Mar 2023 15:06 GMT
By REUTERS
The UN Refugee agency said on Friday it was "greatly alarmed" by clashes between government forces and armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that had caused hundreds of thousands to flee.
Speaking to …
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Addis summit recommends repatriation of DR Congo refugees
17 Feb 2023 17:30 GMT
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DR Congo Refugee Receives 12-Year Sentence for Aiding Illegal Entry of Basketball Players In Malawi
10 Feb 2023 07:20 GMT
Principal Resident Magistrate Roderick Michongwe has sentenced Ruchiko Muhinozi Issa, a refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo, to 12 years in prison with hard labor.
Issa had pleaded guilty to three human trafficking related offenses.
According to …