Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Police Officer Dead In DR Congo Court Attack

A police officer was killed in an attack on a court compound in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a judicial source...

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DRC President Honors Former Police Chief Accused of Abuses

Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila has elevated a controversial former police chief, General John...

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UN Rights Chief Demands International DR Congo Probe

The UN human rights chief on Friday slammed Kinshasa for not seriously investigating spiralling violence in the...

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Red Cross Urges Release of Staff Kidnapped In DRCongo

The International Committee of the Red Cross on Thursday urged the release of two of its staff kidnapped after armed...

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DR Congo Snubs UN Warning On Probe Into Kasai Violence

DR Congo authorities on Thursday rebuffed a UN warning to launch an international probe into violence in the central...

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UN Commander In C. Africa Wants Congo Peacekeepers To Leave

The UN force commander in the Central African Republic is calling for hundreds of peacekeepers from Congo Republic to...

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DR Congo’s Tainted Ex-Police Chief Made National Hero

Democratic Republic of Congo's former police chief John Numbi, believed by regime critics to be prime suspect in the...

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UN Threatens DR Congo With International Probe

The UN rights chief on Tuesday gave Kinshasa a two-day deadline to show it is seriously investigating violence in the...

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US Urges UN To Investigate DRCongo Murders

The United States on Monday urged the United Nations to establish a special investigation into the murder of two UN...

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Two Men Go On Trial In DR Congo For UN Experts’ Murders

A man and a teenager went on trial in a military court in Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday, accused of killing...

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Kabila Says He Never ‘promised’ To Hold Elections In DR Congo

Congolese President Joseph Kabila on Saturday said he had never "promised anything" about whether to hold elections in...

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Kabila Rival Files UN Rights Complaint Against DR Congo Govt

Exiled Democratic Republic of Congo opposition politician Moise Katumbi on Friday filed a complaint with the UN in...

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Rights Groups Urge Probe Into Bloodshed In DR Congo’s Kasai

International and local rights groups called on the UN on Thursday to open an urgent inquiry into the months-long...

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EU Imposes Sanctions On Nine In DR Congo

The European Union imposed sanctions Monday on nine more officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo amid unrest...

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French Hostage Freed In DR Congo

A Frenchman who was abducted nearly two months ago in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been freed, the office of...

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400,000 DR Congo Children At Risk In Violence-Hit Kasai

Almost 400,000 children risk dying of hunger in DR Congo's troubled Kasai region where months of violence has driven...

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UN Questions DR Congo Probe of Experts’ Murder

The United Nations raised questions Tuesday about the Democratic Republic of Congo's probe of the murder of two UN...

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Suspects To Face Trial Over UN Experts’ Congo Slayings

Two men are to go on trial in the Democratic Republic of Congo for the kidnap and murder of two UN experts, a military...

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Nearly 70 Prisoners Flee In Second DR Congo Jail Break

Dozens of prisoners escaped from a jail in Democratic Republic of Congo early Friday, less than 48 hours after rebels...