Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Painted Huts Offer DR Congo Village A Tourism Lifeline

There's no electricity and only 500 residents in the Congolese village of Makwatsha, but a longstanding tradition by...

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Fears Surge of A Fresh War In Congo’s Nord-Kivu

The governor of Congo's restive eastern province of Nord-Kivu urged the army Wednesday to beef up operations against a...

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DR Congo To Probe Ex-Minister’s Suspected Role In Kasai Violence

Parliament in the Democratic Republic of Congo has authorised the state prosecutor to probe alleged involvement by a...

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UN Denounces DR Congo Tribunal’s Decision In Kasai Trial

The UN on Monday criticised a decision by a Congolese military tribunal not to prosecute seven Democratic Republic of...

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UN To Send Experts To Probe DR Congo Violence

The UN Human Rights Council on Friday decided to send a group of experts to the Democratic Republic of Congo to help...

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Congo Peacekeepers Accused of Sex Abuse To Leave CAR

About 600 troops from Congo Republic serving as UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic will be returning home...

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7 Militants Killed In Clashes With Army In Eastern DR Congo

At least seven militants were killed Thursday in clashes with troops involving heavy weapons in a city in Democratic...

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Zuma and Kabila To Hold Talks On Sunday

President Jacob Zuma will on Sunday, 25 June 2017, host the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), His...

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Govt-Backed DR Congo Militia Shot Babies, Hacked Toddlers

The UN accused DR Congo on Tuesday of backing a militia that has mutilated toddlers and hacked pregnant women in the...

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‘Thousands Dead’ In Violence

More than 3,300 people have been killed in the violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Kasai region since last...

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Experts Point Out Army Role In Kasai Massacres

Both security forces and Kamwina Nsapu militiamen are accused of murder, mutilation, rape, and destruction of property....

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Children Raped In DR Congo Militia Violence

The United Nations has documented dozens of cases of serious child abuse including rape and kidnap in five days of...

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Children Raped In DR Congo Militia Violence

The United Nations has documented dozens of cases of serious child abuse including rape and kidnap in five days of...

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Rwanda Genocide Shaped Me, Congolese Ex-Rebel Tells Court

A former Congolese rebel commander told war crimes judges Wednesday the "horrific events" he saw during Rwanda's 1994...

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DRCongo Seeks Joint Chinese-Spanish Offer To Build Dam

The Democratic Republic of Congo said Tuesday it has asked Chinese and Spanish bidders of a colossal dam project to...

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DRCongo ‘Terminator’ To Tell Judges ‘he’s A Human Being’

Bosco Ntaganda will give a full account of his role as a Congolese rebel commander in 2002-03 when he takes the stand...

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UN Experts’ Murder Trial Resumes In DR Congo

A Democratic Republic of Congo military court held a second day of hearings Monday in the trial of a man and a teenager...

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DR Congo’s ‘The Terminator’ To Testify In War Crimes Trial

Congolese ex-rebel commander Bosco Ntaganda will finally testify Wednesday in his trial at the International Criminal...

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11 Dead, 900 Escape After DR Congo Jail Attack

Eleven people were killed and more than 900 inmates escaped Sunday after unidentified assailants attacked a jail in DR...