Carlos Mureithi
East Africa Correspondent at The Guardian
East Africa Correspondent at The Guardian
East Africa correspondent @guardian | [email protected]
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2 days ago |
theguardian.com | Carlos Mureithi
On a sunny morning in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where fighting between the M23 rebel group and the Congolese army raged earlier this year, men and women rushed towards a line of chairs outside a medical facility. Since 24 March, the Saint Vincent de Paul neuropsychiatric hospital, a medical facility for people with mental health issues, has been offering free consultations on a first-come first-served basis for people affected by the fighting.
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3 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Carlos Mureithi
Congolese people forced to return to their home town from displacement camps when the M23 rebel group advanced on the city of Goma earlier this year have described scenes of devastation, with hundreds of homes destroyed by fighting and no opportunity to work or access aid. As M23 entered Goma, a regional humanitarian hub that hosted hundreds of thousands of people displaced by previous rounds of fighting in the region, more than 100,000 people left camps around the city to return to their homes.
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3 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Carlos Mureithi
People displaced from their homes alongside the site of an oil pipeline under construction in Uganda have complained of being inadequately rehoused or compensated. When completed, the East African crude oil pipeline (Eacop) will transport oil from the Tilenga and Kingfisher oilfields in western Uganda to the port of Tanga in Tanzania.
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4 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Carlos Mureithi
South Sudan’s first vice-president and main opposition leader, Riek Machar, has been placed under house arrest, prompting a warning from the UN that the country is at risk of relapsing into widespread conflict. Machar’s party said the arrest has effectively collapsed the peace deal that ended the 2013-2018 civil war.
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1 month ago |
msn.com | Carlos Mureithi
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A new report by @HakiDefenders and @sheffielduni says many people displaced from their homes in Uganda for the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline to Tanzania were inadequately rehoused or compensated https://t.co/JGu1R5SODy
Forced to leave displacement camps and return to their homes when the M23 rebel group entered the eastern DRC city of Goma, Congolese find villages with houses in ruins, and no way to make a living https://t.co/lo4LqfA6YO
Why the arrest of First Vice President Riek Machar of South Sudan poses a serious threat to the power-sharing agreement between him and President Salva Kiir https://t.co/q4NGFT2Hnz