Safety Week -  28th April to 4th May was celebrated in Somika -  Objective was to bring the awareness and to educate the importance of industrial safety. Various competitions like Safety Slogan, Safety essay and Fire Drill was also organised to bring in more participation from the staff within.

Osvaldo Laport, the award-winning Uruguayan actor and star of Argentine television, has expressed deep concerns over the abuse suffered by women in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (D.R. Congo). He visited the war-ravaged region as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). After meeting the victims, Osvaldo Laport raised this issue of ill-treatment towards women in the media.

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on President Joseph Kabila to reverse imposed ban of RFI (Radio France Internationale) in the eastern cities of Bunia and Bukavu. The Government put the restriction on the Radio station broadcast in response to its on-air coverage of the continuing conflict in the eastern part.