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Hundreds of women raped and burnt alive when militants stormed DR Congo prison

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels took up arms against the Congolese government last Wednesday

The Independent UK

Rwandan-backed rebels have seized another city in eastern Congo

Rwandan-backed rebels are gaining ground in eastern Congo despite the unilateral ceasefire they declared earlier this week

The Independent UK

Trump Administration Pulls USAID Workers Worldwide, Ending Aid Mission

The Trump administration's decision to withdraw USAID workers globally raises concerns about the future of international aid efforts and diplomatic engagem...

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The Long Wave: Why more countries are ditching the British monarchy

Charles is king of 14 Commonwealth realms – but possibly not for much longer. A look at the drive for decolonisation. Plus, Bob Marley at 80

The Guardian - UK

US has frozen funding for the UN-backed mission to quell gangs in Haiti, UN says

The United Nations says that the U.S. has given notice that it is halting funding to a U.N.-backed mission in Haiti tasked with fighting gangs trying to seize full control of the country’s capital

The Independent UK

Congo calls rebels' ceasefire declaration 'false communication' as reports of fighting continue

Congo’s government has described the unilateral ceasefire declared by Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo as “false communication,” while the United Nations on Tuesday noted reports of heavy fighting with Congolese forces in the region

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on Myanmar, four years on: the army unleashed terror, but the people are defiant

Editorial: The junta’s brutality has failed to secure victory in the civil war, but is devastating the country

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M23 declares ceasefire as DRC-Rwanda crisis talks loom

The armed group M23 has declared a humanitarian "ceasefire" starting this Tuesday in the volatile eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, while a crisis meeting between Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame is also being arranged for Friday.

Radio France Internationale

Deaths predicted amid the chaos of Elon Musk’s shutdown of USAid

The impact of the billionaire’s declaration has been swift and brutal, with food and crucial drugs abandoned in warehouses, vital programmes closed and workers laid off

The Guardian - UK

Lack Of Regional Cooperation Hampering Lake Chad Jihadist Fight

Lack of military coordination and tension among countries in Africa's Lake Chad region are hindering efforts to end a more than decade-long jihadist insurgency, according to local officials and security sources.

International Business Times

Food prices skyrocket in DR Congo’s Goma after M23 takeover

NGO ActionAid and locals say cost of some items has risen between 18% and 160% as conflict blocks aid and supplies.

Al Jazeera

'I haven’t been able to ride my bike and it’s still not safe to ride outside. There is a lot of gunfire near my house' - one cyclist's quest to continue training amid conflict in the DRC

Team Africa Rising recently supplied a local club with Zwift and Wahoo indoor training equipment

Cycling Weekly

Hunger rises as food aid falls – and those living under autocratic systems bear the brunt

“No famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy,” observed Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen in his 1999 book “Development as Freedom.”

The Conversation

‘There is nothing here’: the island left behind by Lagos’s economic boom

Politicians in Nigeria hope the country’s largest city will one day look like Dubai, but on nearby Refuge Island people live without electricity

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Immigrants in Washington D.C. Are Avoiding Food Assistance Lines Amid ICE Crackdown Fears: Report

"Media coverage and political rhetoric have fueled a sense of crisis that is paralyzing immigrant communities," said an immigration lawyer to The Latin Times

Salon

Withdrawing from WHO puts US at risk

The Trump administration is limiting the nation’s ability to respond to infectious disease as Marburg, Ebola rise

The Guardian - UK

Rwandan-backed rebel group M23 declares unilateral ceasefire in DRC

Militias say decision is ‘for humanitarian reasons’, as UN says at least 900 killed in last week’s fighting with DRC forces

Al Jazeera

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels declare ceasefire in DRC

The M23 armed group said it will pause its advance across DR Congo for humanitarian reasons.

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The Independent UK

A Russia-like crackdown has jailed dozens in Georgia, with human rights groups sounding the alarm

Over 40 Georgians have been jailed on criminal charges stemming from anti-government protests that have roiled the South Caucasus nation for weeks

International Business Times

DR Congo, Rwanda Leaders To Join Summit On Crisis In War-torn East

DRC President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame will attend a summit on Saturday as a Rwanda-backed armed group advances in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Independent UK

Uganda begins Ebola vaccine trial after new outbreak kills a nurse and infects 2 other people

Ugandan authorities have begun a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola that has killed one person in the outbreak declared last week

Al Jazeera

Senior ISIL Somalia commander captured in Puntland

Police say Abdirahman Shirwac Aw-Saciid, head of the group’s assassination squad, surrendered to authorities.

Al Jazeera

Tense calm, fears for the future in DRC’s Goma a week after M23 takeover

Tens of thousands of IDPs are leaving and routine is tentatively returning, as residents hope for peace despite crisis.

International Business Times

The Role Of Minerals And Tech Firms In The DR Congo Conflict

The conflict between Rwanda-backed forces and the DR Congo is often presented as a struggle to control the valuable minerals that power global electronics.

The Independent UK

Hospitals in eastern Congo are crowded with wounded and exhausting their supplies

Hundreds of wounded people have poured into overcrowded hospitals in Goma after the M23 rebels say they captured the major city in eastern Congo last week

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