DR Congo
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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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26 Corpses Found After M23 Rebels Captured Bukavu in DR Congo
Amid calls for a ceasefire, the M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) captured Bukavu town on…
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Britain Calls for Immediate Ceasefire as M23 Captures Bukavu in DR Congo
The security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) continues to deteriorate following the Rwanda-backed M23’s capture…
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Development
Congo’s Government Implores African Blocs to End Violence in Goma
On Saturday, Feb. 8, the joint summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the East African Community (EAC)…
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Humanitarian Crisis Persists in DR Congo As Calm Returns to Goma
As calm returns to North Kivu, the provincial capital of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo, humanitarian conditions remain…
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Armed Violence
M23 Rebels on Looting Spree in DR Congo after Goma Capture
Since capturing the North Kivu provincial capital of Goma from the Democratic Republic of Congo army, the M23 rebels have…
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