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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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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 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 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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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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UN Council Urges DR Congo To Cooperate On Murder Inquiry

The UN Security Council on Thursday urged the Democratic Republic of Congo to cooperate with investigations of the...

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DR Congo Postpones Vote Registration In Kasai After Killing

The Democratic Republic of Congo said Monday it had indefinitely postponed voter registration in two provinces of its...

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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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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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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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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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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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DR Congo Unrest ‘may Delay’ Voter Registration

Rising unrest in central Democratic Republic of Congo threatens to derail voter registration ahead of a high-stakes...

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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 Gives $5 Million In Aid For Crisis-Hit DR Congo Region

The United Nations has announced aid worth $5 million to the violence-wracked Kasai region of the Democratic Republic...