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UN To Close Five Peacekeepers’ Bases In Eastern DRCongo

Five UN peacekeepers' bases in the Democratic Republic of Congo are to close at the end of July, the UN mission there...

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Seized US Journalist In DR Congo Found Safe

A US journalist kidnapped last week by a militia group in DR Congo was found safe early Sunday, officials said, as...

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Kidnapped US Journalist In DR Congo Found Safe and Sound

A US journalist kidnapped by a militia group in Democratic Republic of Congo was found safe and sound early Sunday, a...

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Journalist Killed In DR Congo

A Congolese journalist working for state broadcaster RTNC was killed by an unknown assailant at his home in the...

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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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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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Murders Touch Off Riots In DR Congo’s Gold-Rich Northeast

Protesters angered by a string of unsolved murders threw up roadblocks and mobbed government offices in three days of...

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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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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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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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Bodies Found of Two UN Experts In DRCongo Amid Spiralling Violence

Two foreign UN experts who were kidnapped in DR Congo have been found dead, one of them decapitated, the government...

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ICC Awards ‘symbolic’ $250 Each To Congo War Crimes Victims

In its first such decision, the International Criminal Court on Friday awarded $250 dollars as "symbolic" damages to...

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Uganda Police Spokesman Shot Dead

Assistant Inspector-General Kaweesi and two other police officers were killed on Friday by unknown assailants about 100...

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UN Presses Search For Foreign Experts Kidnapped In DR Congo

The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday said its troops were pressing ahead with a...

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Two United Nations Workers Kidnapped In Democratic Republic of Congo

Two United Nations workers from peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been kidnapped by...

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Two Foreign UN Experts Kidnapped In DR Congo

Two experts from the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been kidnapped in the...

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UN Chief Seeks To Boost UN Police In DR Congo

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday asked the Security Council to send an extra 320 UN police to the...

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France, US Pressure DR Congo Over Video Massacre

The United States and France called on the Democratic Republic of Congo to investigate a video purporting to show...