All posts tagged "DR Congo"
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579AfricaADF rebels kill 55 people in latest DR Congo massacre
KINSHASHA, (DRC): At least 55 people have been killed in the past two weeks by members of the Allied Defense Forces (ADF)...
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1.0KNationalMuseveni receives special message from DR Congo’s Tshisekedi
ENTEBBE, UGANDA: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Wednesday received a special message from the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), H.E...
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1.5KNewsCongolese minister impregnates deputy, says it was an ‘accident at work’
The citizens of DRC lambasted the minister and his deputy, saying they portrayed bad conduct and showed proof of lack of morals...
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618Africa11 killed in west DR Congo militia clashes as govt declares curfew
The festering conflict in western DRC has been largely overlooked amid the violence in the country's east, where the M23 rebellion has...
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952AfricaDeath toll from DR Congo floods rises to nearly 400
At least 394 bodies have been recovered after last week's floods, said Thomas Bakenga, administrator of Kalehe territory where the affected villages...
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606AfricaMore than 150 civilians killed in DR Congo in two weeks
The province and its southern neighbour of North Kivu have been wracked by increasing violence between several militia groups in the mineral-rich...
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815AfricaFULL LIST: Tshisekedi returns ex-VP Bemba as Deputy Premier in new cabinet reshuffle
The list of the newly appointed cabinet ministers was made public on Thursday night, and, like the old government, the new one...
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598NewsDR Congo: 7 FARDC commandos sentenced to death for cowardice
In June 2022, over 170 soldiers abandoned the Bunagana border and fled to the Ugandan side of the Kisoro district and a...
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642AfricaOver 300 dead in east DR Congo grave massacre
Around 300 people died in an attack on villagers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week blamed on the M23 rebel...
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707AfricaDR Congo jets bomb M23 rebels base as war looms
On Tuesday, a Congolese security official who asked for anonymity said war planes were bombarding the rebel-held Tchanzu area of North Kivu...
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751AfricaDR Congo asks UN peacekeeping mission spokesman to leave country
The central African nation's government asked the peacekeeping mission, known as MONUSCO, to withdraw spokesman Mathias Gillmann over "indelicate and inappropriate remarks"...
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572FinanceKCB acquires DR Congo’s Trust Merchant Bank in expansion drive
The deal now means KCB has a presence in eight countries including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan and DRC. It...
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972NationalUPDF says DR Congo Operations still ongoing
On June 15, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba said President Museveni had instructed him and all UPDF forces in DR Congo to hold positions...
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898AfricaGrief as more than 60 people perish in DR Congo Train accident
A train crash in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed at least 60 people, the state rail company and local sources...
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883CourtCongolese man gets death sentence for recruiting children into ADF
During the hearings, Malamu admitted having enlisted three minors in July 2020 in Eringeti on behalf of the ADF. The children were...
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868Big StoryPresident Museveni calls for cooperation to defeat insecurity in the Great Lakes region
According to President Museveni, the groups causing insecurity in the region can all be defeated from what he said he has observed...
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1.1KAfricaICJ orders Uganda to pay DRC UGX 1 Trillion in War Reparations
The Congo demanded 11 billion dollars in damages from a war that left hundreds of thousands of her people dead and millions...
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602NationalLearners shun school in Bundibugyo over ADF Attacks
School administrators say that few learners have turned up after rebels on Wednesday night killed dozens of people and caused thousands to...
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940Africa26 killed in DR Congo market by high-voltage cable
Videos circulating on social media showed corpses slumped over market stalls with their legs immersed in muddy water, in some cases up...
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730TourismVirunga’s Lowland gorilla population raises to seven after newborn discovered in Eastern DR Congo
DR Congo’s famed Virunga National Park on Friday announced the birth of a lowland gorilla in this tourist region boosting the population...
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1.0KAfrica
Army kills 25 ADF rebels in Ituri
Military sources said during the bombardments, Musa Baluku, the ADF commander, was reportedly wounded, and that he has since temporarily handed over...
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733AfricaADF Militia kills 3 civilians in Beni suspected terror attack
BENI, DR CONGO: At least three (3) civilians are reported to have been killed, with several others taken hostage in a suspected...
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1.1KAfricaDeath toll from DRC suicide attack up to 7
The death toll from the suicide attack in the eastern city of Beni, on the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern border with...
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957Africa
Deadly suicide bomb attack at bar in eastern DRC
At least six people have died and several others injured in an explosion in Beni in eastern regions of the Democratic Republic...