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UN Finds 13 More Mass Graves In DR Congo’s Kasai Region

DR Congo's army has been fighting a militia group in the central Kasai region The UN has said it has found 13 mass...

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Iran Cleric Says Bad Driving A Sin As 700 Die Over New Year

Some 700 people were killed over the Persian new year on roads in Iran, which are among the deadliest in the world...

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DR Congo Opposition Piles Pressure On Kabila With Strike Over Election Delays

Congolese police deployed heavily across the capital Kinshasa on Monday as opposition calls for a general strike after...

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“There Is No Longer Going To Be Impunity”

For decades, United Nations (UN) peacekeepers accused of sexual exploitation and abuse have operated under an umbrella...

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Pope Francis Calls For Peace In DR Congo

Pope Francis on Sunday called for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo, urging an end to the bloodshed in the...

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UN Renews Smaller DRC Peacekeeping Force

The United Nations Security Council has renewed the mandate of the peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of...

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UN Votes To Scale Down Mission

The UN Security Council has voted to cut the size of Monusco, its largest and most expensive peacekeeping mission,...

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UN Renews Smaller DR Congo Peackeeping Force

The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously Friday to renew the mandate of the peacekeeping force in the...

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ICC Prosecutor Warns On Spiralling DR Congo Violence

International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda warned Friday against spiralling violence in the volatile...

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DR Congo Tribal Rebellion

Beheadings, mass graves, kidnapped foreigners, child soldiers: a tribal insurrection in the Democratic Republic of...

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UN To Cut Back DR Congo Peacekeeping Force

The United Nations Security Council will vote Friday to cut the number of troops and police in its peacekeeping mission...

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DR Congo Opposition Calls ‘ghost Town’ Protest As Crisis Grows

The Democratic Republic of Congo's opposition have called for a stay-home stoppage for Monday to force President Joseph...

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DR Congo Probes Killing of UN Researchers

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo said Wednesday they have launched a probe into the killing of two UN...

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UN Experts ‘found Dead’ In DR Congo

Two UN experts who were missing in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been found dead, officials say. The bodies of...

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Nigerians Attacked In India

Indian newspapers have reported that five people have been arrested over the attack Four Nigerian students have been...

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DR Congo Police Accuse Rebels of Killing 39 Officers

Congolese national police on Monday accused rebels of massacring 39 of their officers in the violence-wracked Kasai...

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Africa’s Failed Wonderkids

Dominic Adiyiah: At the end of the last decade, there weren’t too many young talents in the world who were more...

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Congolese Scores First Super Tries As Lions Win

Democratic Republic of Congo-born Madosh Tambwe scored his first Super Rugby tries as Golden Lions won 42-19 at...

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US To End Operations Against Lord’s Resistance Army In Africa

A top US military commander has said the LRA has been reduced to "irrelevance" after years of joint military operations...