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World Bank Pledges $1bn For DR Congo & Neighbours
The World Bank has unveiled a $1bn (£660m) aid package to help the Democratic Republic of Congo and its neighbours, as fighting continues near the eastern city of Goma.
The money is to be used for health, education, cross-border trade and hydroelectricity projects, it said.
The announcement comes as World Bank head Jim Yong Kim and UN chief Ban Ki-moon start a tour of the region.
One person was killed when a mortar landed in Goma, a UN spokesman said.
Government and M23 rebel forces have been involved in heavy fighting near Goma since Monday, killing 19 people.
The clashes are the first since the M23 pulled out of the city last year under diplomatic pressure.
The UN says it will speed up efforts to deploy a 3,000-strong intervention force to eastern DR Congo to end the latest conflict.
BBC
Posted by
isaac
May 23, 2013 at 10:46 am
Kabila should resign in national interest. He has lamentably failed to unite the country. None ending civil wars and him is enjoing at the delta of Congo River (Kinshasa)while pipo are dying in Goma and other party of a large country.
callboy Lusaka
May 23, 2013 at 11:30 am
Which neighbours please? Will my brothers and sisters in Luapula province and copperbelt province benefit?
TC
May 24, 2013 at 8:40 am
Seriously Zambia should be on that list in view of the refugees she hosts from these troubled lands.
Kofya
May 23, 2013 at 1:04 pm
KABILA KUYABEBELE. ABA BA SUNGU TABABA BWINO. EBALENGA ALL THESE PROBLEMS AND ATROSITIES IN CONGO.IT IS LIKE WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN ANGOLA.
Mutwashi
May 23, 2013 at 2:08 pm
@Coyboy Lusaka, i doubt your brothers will b d beneficaries. Luanda n Bulundi are the neighbouring countries east of Congo affected by this USA incited war
TLB
May 23, 2013 at 3:51 pm
Congo beware! A move like that shows that only means one thing, they want your resources.
TLB
May 23, 2013 at 3:54 pm
Congo beware! A move like that only means one thing, they want your resources.
Nyungu Zajungu
May 23, 2013 at 4:03 pm
Bloody diamonds
isaac
May 23, 2013 at 4:29 pm
Bloody diamond for sure,Nyungu zajungu from Lundazi ‘kwithu’
Popopo
May 24, 2013 at 6:50 am
Whoever kills by the sword, will surely die by the sword. But Congolese must be careful super power nations make them fight each other while they are busy rooting their resources, they fund rebel groups to drive the attention of govt away from exports.