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Power line kills 4 at anti-UN protest in eastern Congo

  • July 28, 2022
  • 209
Four people participating in demonstrations against the United Nations peacekeeping mission in eastern Congo were killed Wednesday when a high-voltage power line fell on them, officials said. Their d...

Infants, patients among 13 killed in Congo hospital attack

  • July 08, 2022
  • 303
Rebels attacked a hospital in Congo and killed at least 13 people, including infants and patients, according to hospital and military officials. The Congolese army said three attackers were killed whe...

Congo’s M23 rebels attack military base in country’s east

  • May 26, 2022
  • 248
Congo’s M23 rebels closed in on a major military camp in the country’s east on Thursday after days of fighting the army, officials said. Clashes continued Thursday at the Rumangabo base in the Ru...

Congo court sentences dozens to death over UN expert murders

  • January 30, 2022
  • 655
A military court in Congo has condemned about 50 people to death nearly five years after the murders of United Nations investigators Michael Sharp and Zaida Catalan in central Congo’s Kasai region. ...

After suicide bombing, Congo officials fear more attacks

  • December 27, 2021
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Authorities in eastern Congo announced an evening curfew and new security checkpoints Sunday, fearing more violence after a suicide bomber killed five people in the first attack of its kind in the reg...

Suicide bomber attacks bar in eastern Congo, killing 6

  • December 26, 2021
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A suicide bomber attacked a restaurant and bar Saturday as patrons gathered on Christmas Day, killing at least six others in an eastern Congolese town where Islamic extremists are known to be active. ...

Italian ambassador among 3 killed in attack in Congo

  • February 22, 2021
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The Italian ambassador to Congo, an Italian carabineri police officer and their Congolese driver were killed Monday in an attack on a U.N. convoy in an area that is home to myriad rebel groups, the...

180 policewomen leave for Congo to join UN mission

  • September 12, 2020
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Some 180 members of the only Female Formed Police Unit (FPU) of Bangladesh Police have left for Congo to join the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the...

Congo announces end to 2nd deadliest Ebola outbreak ever

  • June 25, 2020
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Eastern Congo marked an official end Thursday to the second deadliest Ebola outbreak in history, which killed 2,280 people over nearly two years, as armed rebels and community mistrust undermined t...

Congo, weary from Ebola, must also battle the coronavirus

  • April 11, 2020
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Congo has been battling an Ebola outbreak that has killed thousands of people for more than 18 months, and now it must also face a new scourge: the coronavirus pandemic.

Ebola has left th...