Radio Télévision Rwanzururu Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

Congolese Information Minister Lambert Mende has ordered the shutdown of multiple radio stations in the Congo. (Radio Okapi)

Authorities order radio stations to be closed in the DRC

November 24, 2014 2:33 PM EST

Nairobi, November 24, 2014–The Committee to Protect Journalists today calls on authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo to stop meddling with radio station broadcasts in the country. The Congolese Information Minister Lambert Mende has called for the shutdown of several radio stations in recent weeks, and a few have gone off the air.

DRC journalist dies from wounds suffered in rebel attack

February 18, 2014 3:43 PM EST

New York, February 18, 2014–A journalist in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo died on Sunday from gunshot wounds he sustained in a shootout between Congolese troops and Ugandan rebels, according to news reports.