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‘Trail of war crimes’ left by DRC rebel group as recent attacks leave 300,000 displaced

After a year of murder, rape, disease and looting, aid workers ask the international community: ‘Where the hell have you been?’

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The Banyamulenge: how a minority ethnic group in the DRC became the target of rebels – and its own government

The Banyamulenge are a minority ethnic group in South Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In December 2022, the UN adviser on the prevention of genocide raised concerns about attacks against the community based on “ethnicity or perceived allegiance with neighbouring countries”. The Banyamulenge have long been viewed as…

The Conversation

Civilians pay heavy price of worsening conflict in east DRC: UN

Escalating violence forced 300,000 people to flee Rutshuru and Masisi territories of North Kivu province last month.

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UN refugee agency 'greatly alarmed' over mass displacement in Congo conflict

The U.N. Refugee Agency said on Friday it was "greatly alarmed" by clashes between government forces and armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that had caused hundreds of thousands to flee.

Reuters

UN Security Council team arrives in DR Congo as violence erupts in east

A United Nations Security Council delegation arrived in DR Congo on Thursday for a three-day visit, the world body said, as heavy clashes with M23 rebels continued in the east.

France 24

At least 36 killed in eastern DR Congo attack

Attack targeted the village of Mukondi, south of the city of Beni, in violence-wracked North Kivu province.

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Congo leader Felix Tshisekedi urges France's Emmanuel Macron to back sanctions against Rwanda

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi urges visiting French President Emmanuel Macron to pursue international sanctions against Rwanda for its alleged military support to M23 rebels.

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Earth’s ‘green lung’ rainforests take centre stage at talks in Gabon

The sixth annual One Planet Summit begins on Wednesday, with the fate of forests at the top of the agenda. Politicians, scientists and NGOs will meet in Libreville, Gabon, to discuss the future of rainforests in the Congo basin, Southeast Asia and the Amazon basin – and whether countries in…

France 24

US firm to bid to turn DRC oil permits in Virunga park into conservation projects

Exclusive: company plans to sell carbon and biodiversity credits in endangered gorilla habitat and Congo basin rainforest as alternative to drilling for fossil fuels

The Guardian - UK

Security, trade top issues at annual African Union summit

A main focus of the two-day meeting will be on trying to achieve ceasefires in the Sahel and the eastern DRC.

Al Jazeera

Rwanda accuses DR Congo soldiers of attack on army border post

DRC authorities have denied its soldiers entered a neutral zone and opened fire on Rwanda’s troops.

Al Jazeera

Militia attacks kill 22 in east DR Congo - official, human rights group

Militiamen killed 22 people in two separate attacks in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) Ituri province on Sunday and Monday, a local official and a human rights group said, in ongoing violence in the region.

Reuters

UN troops kill eight civilians in DRC convoy attack: Governor

Convoy was firing ‘warning shots’ which also wounded 28 people in North Kivu province, UN mission MONUSCO says.

Al Jazeera

UN peacekeeper killed in attack on helicopter in DR Congo

Kinshasa (AFP) - A United Nations peacekeeper from South Africa was killed and another wounded in an attack on their helicopter in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, the organisation said.

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East African leaders urge 'immediate ceasefire' in east DR Congo

Bujumbura (Burundi) (AFP) - East African leaders called Saturday for an immediate ceasefire in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, at an extraordinary summit called to find ways of calming the raging conflict.

Radio France Internationale

Pope Francis urges Congolese youth to work towards a better future

In a speech to tens of thousands of young people in a stadium in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday, Pope Francis urged them to work towards a better future and reject corruption. The Roman Catholic leader is touring the DRC and South Sudan to deliver…

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Pope urges Congolese youth to build better future

Kinshasa (AFP) - Pope Francis on Thursday urged tens of thousands of young people in the Democratic Republic of Congo to work towards a better future and shun corruption in the deeply Catholic country, which is plagued by violence in its east.

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How 'modern-day slavery' in the Congo powers the rechargeable battery economy

Phone and electric car batteries are made with cobalt mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Cobalt Red author Siddharth Kara describes the conditions for workers as a "horror show."

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Pope Francis slams 'brutal atrocities' in DR Congo

Kinshasa (AFP) - Pope Francis slammed "brutal atrocities" committed in eastern DR Congo after hearing harrowing accounts of violence from the turbulent region during the second day of his visit to the conflict-torn country Wednesday.

Radio France Internationale

Pope tells Congolese to foster peace, denounces plundering of minerals

Presiding over a Mass in the Congolese capital Kinshasa on Wednesday, Pope Francis urged the nation’s people to forgive those who have harmed them and denounced the "poison of greed" driving conflicts in Africa.

AFP

One million faithful attend pope's mass in DR Congo capital

Kinshasa (AFP) - Over a million worshippers turned out for a papal mass in DR Congo's capital Wednesday, organisers said, on the second day of Pope Francis's visit to the conflict-torn country.

AFP

Huge crowds turn out for pope's mass in DR Congo capital

Kinshasa (AFP) - A huge crowd of singing and dancing worshippers turned out to attend a papal mass in DR Congo's capital Wednesday, on the second day of Pope Francis's visit to the conflict-torn country.

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Massive crowds expected for papal mass in DR Congo capital

Kinshasa (AFP) - Up to a million people are tipped to celebrate a papal mass in DR Congo's capital on Wednesday, on the second day of Pope Francis' visit to the conflict-torn country.

Al Jazeera

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 DRC as he begins his trip to two African nations.

AFP

Pope denounces 'economic colonialism' on DR Congo visit

Kinshasa (AFP) - Pope Francis arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, denouncing "economic colonialism" that he said had plundered the resources of the mineral-rich and conflict-torn nation.

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