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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Could today’s global conflicts bring World War III closer?
Global wars are raging with major powers in the East and West…
DR Congo’s President Tshisekedi sworn in for second term amid disputes
The Congolese president made a landslide victory in December elections highly contested…
UN says all peacekeepers will leave DR Congo by end of 2024
In first phase of the withdrawal, about 2,000 UN troops will leave…
DR Congo’s Katumbi calls for election to be annulled as protests planned
Western governments call for restraint amid fears of a repeat of violence…
UAE signs deal to develop mines in eastern DR Congo
The agreement is reached after the DRC signed a 25-year contract in…
Rights group reports allegations of dozens of abuses in critical minerals supply chains
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A human rights advocacy group says it found…
The cost of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s war with M23
From: UpFront The DRC’s Minister of Communications, Patrick Muyaya, on the fighting…
East African leaders urge ceasefire in eastern DR Congo
The call came after leaders of the East African Community held a…
Pope consoles Congolese victims: ‘Your pain is my pain’
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Pope Francis on Wednesday urged Congo’s people to…
Pope slams foreign plundering of Africa as he arrives in DR Congo
The 86-year-old Francis says a ‘forgotten genocide’ is under way in the…
Map: Which countries has Pope Francis visited?
Pope Francis’ trip to the DRC is the first papal visit since…
UNICEF urges release of 13 kidnapped children in eastern DRC
The ADF, a central African affiliate of ISIL, is one of the…
UN condemns M23 rebel offensive on DRC town as hundreds flee
The M23 rebels have seized areas of eastern DRC’s North Kivu province…
DRC police disperse protest against slow M23 rebel pullback
The rebels have been accused of flouting a ceasefire and making withdrawals…
Several killed in DR Congo church bomb attack
Attack took place during a Sunday service in the eastern city of…
UN extends Congo peacekeeping force with an eye to its exit
UNITED NATIONS — The Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to extend the…
‘Tired of this war’: Congolese cope with M23 rebel violence
BENI, Congo — Kavira Mathe was making dinner for her two sons…
DR Congo says more than 270 killed in massacre by rebels
Democratic Republic of the Congo says ‘children were killed’ in attack it…
AP PHOTOS: Bright shops enliven Congo’s dark days
Saturday morning in Goma, the lakeside capital of eastern Congo is as…