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Kinshasa Floods: DR Congo Women Group Calls for Support for Affected Victims
The DR Congo Network of Women Leaders for Access to Speech, popularly known by the French acronym RFLAF, has issued…
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DR Congo: Civilians Caught in Crossfire as M23 Clashes with Wazalendo
Some civilians have been caught in crossfire as fierce battles erupted on Monday between M23 rebels and Wazalendo in different…
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DR Congo Takes Charge of Flood Victims’ Burials, Provides Medical Care for Others
Following the devastating consequences of heavy rains that caused the Ndjili River to overflow on Friday and submerge hundreds of…
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60,000 Displaced Persons Seek Refuge in Obokote Amid M23 Violence – Report
The recent surge in violence by the M23 rebel group in North and South Kivu has led to a massive…
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Ituri: Inter-Ethnic Violence Ravages DR Congo Communities
A renewed wave of violence between the Democratic Republic of Congo’s armed forces (FARDC) and alleged members of the Zaire…
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Escalating Violence in DR Congo Traps Millions in Desperate Conditions
The humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has reached new extremes, with escalating violence displacing millions, the…
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CAR Soldiers Unleash Revenge on Local Community After Attack by Rebels
For eight days, the Central African Republic army attacked the Tataly village, following the killing of a soldier on March…
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DR Congo Army Halts Latest M23 Advances to Capture More Towns
The Democratic Republic of Congo army and its Wazalendo allies have stopped the M23 rebels and the Alliance Fleuve Congo…
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Congo Army Accused of Maltreating Local Civilians, Escalating Violence
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) soldiers have been accused of exacerbating the growing insecurity in Opienge, Bafwasende territory,…
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Congolese Children More Prone to Dying From Water-Borne Diseases Than From Violence, UNICEF Says
Children living in the war-torn areas of the Democratic Republic Congo (DR Congo) have three times more risk of dying…
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Over One Million Children Denied Access to Education As DR Congo Strives to Reclaim Captured Towns
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) army has announced the recapture of five strongholds of the Mobondo militia in…
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M23 Rebels Abduct 130 Hospital Patients in DR Congo
The Rwanda-backed M23 rebels abducted at least 130 sick and wounded men from two hospitals in the Goma city of…
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Recruitment of Child Soldiers, Sexual Violence Persist Amid Ongoing War in DR Congo
The United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) says it is preoccupied by the intensification of violence in the eastern…
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Deadly Armed Group Joins M23 Rebels to Capture More Areas in DR Congo
The Twirwaneho, a deadly militant group in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), has formed an official coalition with…
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Rwanda-Backed M23 Rebels Accused of Executing Children in DR Congo
The Rwanda-backed M23 rebels are allegedly executing children and committing atrocities, causing massive displacement of persons from Bukavu, a town…
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