Democratic Republic of Congo

In an official statement signed by its communications advisor, Michel Koyakpa Zuakondiri, the Ministry strongly condemns these allegations, which it describes as "false" and "unfounded," and aimed at tarnishing the Minister's image. "Unfounded information...

Promulgated on June 15, 2023, the law relating to the protection and responsibility of the human rights defender in the Democratic Republic of Congo does not reassure environmental activists who demand that articles 2, 7, 11 coupled...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, during the presentation of his report to the UN Human Rights Council, denounced the hoarding of resources from the illegal exploitation and illicit trade in natural resources in the...

In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), environmental civil society organizations denounce the fraudulent export of sawn timber from the Mambasa, Irumu and Aru forests to Uganda. The recently revamped Climate Working Group...

Several mining companies operating in the Lualaba province in the DRC have been negatively cited in a Civil Society report that accused them of polluting the rivers in this province. Activists denounce what they call the "unacceptable...

At the start of his first term in 2019, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) President Félix Tshisekedi promised to protect human rights, but his government appears to have embarked on a crusade against its own promises.