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War Returns to the Democratic Republic of Congo: What to Know
The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of ...
Fighting in Africa’s mineral-rich DRC killed over 3,000 in less than 2 weeks. Here’s how your phone plays a part
A rampaging rebel group has claimed the capture of another mining town in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of ...
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UN decries sexual violence as weapon of war in DRC
As fighting between M23 rebels and Congolese armed troops escalate in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the Office of ... sexual violence as a weapon of war. “Conflict-related sexual ...
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Lull in war-torn east DR Congo after truce call
In recent months the Rwandan-backed M23 Movement has swiftly seized scores of territory in the DRC's mineral-rich east ... the Notre-Dame du Congo Cathedral played host to a "solidarity mass ...
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U.N. warns escalation in Congo war with M23 rebels bringing "summary executions" and gang rapes
Geneva — The United Nations on Friday voiced alarm at rampant violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as the M23 armed group pushed deeper into the country, warning of summary ...
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Lull in war-torn east DR Congo after truce call
An uneasy calm held Sunday on the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern front after regional powers dreading a wider war urged Congolese and pro-Rwandan forces to agree to a ceasefire. In recent ...