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Fighting kills 11 in Congo’s eastern city of Bukavu

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Armed men burst into Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern city of Bukavu overnight on Wednesday, triggering clashes that killed 11 people and left the...

Islamic State claims responsibility for attack in Congo

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Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on a village this week in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a statement published on...

Congo journalist granted provisional release after terrorism probe dropped

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A journalist arrested in the Democratic Republic of Congo last month for possessing a video showing the assassination of two UN sanctions monitors in...

WHO says ‘heartbroken’ by Congo sex abuse probe findings

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The World Health Organization's regional director for Africa said on Tuesday that the health agency was "humbled, horrified and heartbroken" by the findings of...

Rights groups demand release of Congo journalist over terrorism charges

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Rights groups called on military authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday to release a journalist arrested on terrorism charges for the possession...

Police beat journalist, fire tear gas during Congo election protest

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Police beat a journalist and fired tear gas to disperse a small crowd in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa on Wednesday during an...

Four killed, dozens kidnapped in eastern Congo ambush

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Four civilians were killed and dozens taken hostage in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday when suspected Islamist militants ambushed a convoy and...

Congo says US to deploy counter-terrorism advisors to restive east

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Special forces from the United States will soon deploy to Democratic Republic of Congo's restive east to gauge the potential for a local anti-terrorism...

Congo says US to deploy counter-terrorism advisors to restive east

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Special forces from the United States will soon deploy to Democratic Republic of Congo's restive east to gauge the potential for a local anti-terrorism...

Dozens of Congo’s rebels lay down weapons in the east

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Dozens of militia fighters in the Democratic Republic of Congo have laid down their weapons and surrendered, the first to do so since President...

At least 55 killed in eastern Congo massacres, UN says

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At least 55 people were killed overnight in two attacks on villages in eastern Congo, the United Nations said on Monday, in potentially the...

WHO to issue findings on Congo sexual abuse investigation by end...

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The World Health Organization, facing pressure from donors, said that an independent investigation into allegations of sexual abuse in Democratic Republic of Congo against...

Policeman beaten to death in Congo Eid clashes

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A police officer in Congo's capital Kinshasa was beaten to death and 46 others were wounded as rival Muslim groups clashed during Eid celebrations...

Uganda army to join Congo in offensive against Islamist rebels –...

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The Ugandan and Congo armies are setting up an operations centre in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo for a joint offensive against...

Islamist militia kills Malawian peacekeeper in east Congo – UN

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A female peacekeeper from Malawi was killed in an attack by an Islamist militia in eastern Congo’s North Kivu province on Monday morning, the...

Congo to impose military rule in troubled eastern provinces

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Congo will replace civilian authorities with military administrations in two conflict-hit provinces for a month, the government said on Monday, announcing the details of...

Ten killed in inter-communal violence amid protests in eastern Congo

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Ten people have been killed and 34 injured in fighting between rival ethnic communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern city of Goma,...

Two killed during anti-UN protests in eastern Congo protests, officials say

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At least two people were killed during violent protests on Friday against the United Nations peacekeeping mission in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local...

Police fire shots to disperse anti-UN protest in eastern Congo

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Congolese police fired live rounds on Thursday to disperse protesters demanding the departure of the United Nations peacekeeping mission from the city of Beni,...

Conflict and COVID-19 drive hunger to record levels in Congo

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A record 27.3 million people in Democratic Republic of Congo, or about one-third of its population, are suffering from acute hunger, largely because of...

Suspected Islamists kill 23 civilians in eastern Congo

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Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 23 civilians in an overnight raid on a village near Beni in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the...

ICC judges uphold ex-Congolese militia leader’s war crimes conviction

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Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court upheld on Tuesday the conviction of former Congolese militia leader Bosco Ntaganda for war crimes and crimes...

Congo Republic election candidates say vote marred by fraud

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Supporters of two candidates in Congo Republic’s presidential election said on Wednesday that the poll was marred by vote-rigging and that the courts should...

Congo Republic’s Sassou re-elected with 88% of the vote

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Congo Republic President Denis Sassou Nguesso has been re-elected with more than 88% of the vote, official results showed on Tuesday, extending his 36...

U.S. blacklists groups in Congo, Mozambique over Islamic State links

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The United States on Wednesday blacklisted two Islamist extremist groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mozambique as foreign terrorist organizations over accusations...

War crimes court orders record $30 million compensation for Congo victims

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Child soldiers and other victims of convicted Congolese militia leader Bosco Ntaganda should get a total of $30 million compensation, International Criminal Court judges...

Congo requires notification of foreign diplomats’ travel after ambush

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Democratic Republic of Congo’s government has required foreign diplomats to inform it of their movements outside the capital Kinshasa following the killing of the...

Italy begins repatriation of ambassador and bodyguard killed in Congo

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An Italian military plane arrived in eastern Congo on Tuesday to bring home the bodies of its ambassador and his bodyguard, who were shot...

Italy’s envoy to Congo killed in attack on UN convoy

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Italy’s ambassador to Democratic Republic of Congo was killed on Monday along with his bodyguard and a World Food Programme driver when their convoy...

Suspected Islamists kill ten villagers in eastern Congo

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Attackers killed around ten people in an overnight raid on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local authorities and the army said...

Suspected Islamists kill ten in eastern Congo machete attack

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Suspected Islamists killed ten people in a raid on a village in eastern Democractic Republic of Congo and kidnapped several others, local authorities and...

Militant killings more than doubled in Congo in 2020, UN says

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Killings by armed groups in the Democratic Repubic of Congo more than doubled last year, the United Nations said on Wednesday, underlining spiralling violence...

Forty-six civilians feared killed in eastern Congo attack, official says

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Forty-six civilians are reported to have been killed in an attack by suspected Islamist militants on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,...

Six Virunga Park rangers killed in eastern Congo ambush

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Armed men on Sunday killed at least six rangers and wounded several others in an ambush in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National...

At least 17 villagers hacked to death in eastern Congo

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At least 17 people were found hacked to death in a part of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ravaged by attacks from Islamist militants,...

ISS: DRC’s shady political alliance unravels

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Tshisekedi is struggling to escape the shackles of a deal gone bad with the DRC’s former president. On 26 November President Félix Tshisekedi concluded a...

Congo warlord sentenced to life for war crimes

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A military court handed a life sentence on Monday to militia commander Ntabo Ntaberi Sheka for war crimes including murder, sexual slavery and child...

2 SA Battalion Alpha Company Commander and reaction team assist village...

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On 17 November 2020, the 2 South African Infantry Battalion Alpha Company Commander, based in Mai Moya, Beni, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, received...

Army patrol discovers 29 bodies in eastern Congo

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A military patrol has discovered 29 bodies in a region of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where civilians are facing a sharp rise in...

Suspected Islamists kill 17 civilians in eastern Congo raid

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Assailants killed at least 17 people in a raid on a village in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday night,...

Suspected Islamists kill 18, torch church in east Congo

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Assailants killed at least 18 people and burned down a church in a village in eastern Congo on Wednesday night, a civil rights group...

Congo army says it killed 33 militiaman in days of intense...

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Democratic Republic of Congo’s army said on Wednesday it killed 33 militiamen and lost two soldiers as it seized two rebel strongholds in four...

Suspected Islamists free 900 prisoners from east Congo jail

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Armed men freed at least 900 prisoners from a jail in Beni in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in a coordinated attack early on...

Malnutrition stalks Congo’s overcrowded prisons

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Friends of 18-year-old Muno Lembissa said he died in prison from sorrow. The jail’s director said malnutrition contributed to his demise, because he did...

Congo ‘jobs-for-sex’ expose prompts calls for greater scrutiny of aid workers

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Vetting aid workers more closely and giving women more power is critical to tackle sex abuse in humanitarian crises as exposed in a joint...

Congolese security forces thwart rebel attempt to seize mining hub

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Pro-independence rebels tried to seize strategic buildings in the Congolese mining hub of Lubumbashi overnight, beheading two policemen and killing a soldier before security...

Armed men kill at least a dozen civilians in northeast Congo

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Armed men killed at least a dozen people and kidnapped several in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday night, authorities said, the latest...

How SA paratroops destroyed a rebel group and didn’t even know...

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Two parachute assaults, both in May 1978, some 1 500 kms apart led to the destruction of an African independence movement, the Front de...

Militia enters city unopposed in east Congo, surrounds prison

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Around 100 heavily-armed rebel fighters entered the city of Bunia in eastern Congo with a police escort on Friday, in an apparent show of...

Thousands rally to support Congo’s threatened Nobel Laureate

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A city in eastern Congo has rallied in support of Denis Mukwege, the Congolese Nobel Laureate who received death threats in recent weeks after...