M23 rebels to meet with Congolese government for peace talks on 18 March
In January, the Rwanda-backed group captured key areas of Congo’s mineral-rich east, escalating tensions.
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57 days ago
‘People need a break’: DRC conflict reignites dark memories of Congo wars
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Is a deadly past replaying for Congolese as M23 rebels march on Kinshasa amid presence of Rwandan and Ugandan troops?
59 days ago
Most of the world’s population is breathing dirty air: Report
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IQAir study finds that Chad, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India and the Democratic Republic of Congo have the dirtiest air.
60 days ago
US added to international watchlist for rapid decline in civic freedoms
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Civicus, an international non-profit, puts country alongside Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Pakistan and Serbia
The United States has been added to the Civicus Monitor Watchlist, which identifie…
Mass prison escapes stoke panic in DRC after rebel advance
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People warn of growing lawlessness amid concerns that thousands of escaped convicts may try to exact revenge
Mass prison escapes during the chaos of fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the …
63 days ago
The secret life of the Congo rainforest – in pictures
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Using high-definition camera traps on trails in Congo’s Nouabalé-Ndoki national park, Will Burrard-Lucas, a photographer for the Wildlife Conservation Society, has captured Africa’s most elusive and …
66 days ago
Big update on 'mystery disease' that caused 60 deaths - global health chiefs have a new theory
More than 1,000 people have been struck down with the illness, leaving 53 dead, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), since late January.
68 days ago
Bukavu hospital patients tell of being shot in chaos of Congolese withdrawal
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Widespread shooting and looting preceded arrival of M23 rebels, overwhelming city’s poorly resourced facilities
Patients at hospitals in the second-largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of the C…
70 days ago
The Dodds one out: Public think UK spends too MUCH on foreign aid after cash went to prawn farms in Bangladesh and 'inclusion' in the Congo as minister quits
The international development minister appears to be out of touch with UK voters, almost two-thirds of whom (64 per cent) feel international aid spending is too high.
71 days ago
Deadly blasts hit M23 rebel rally in captured DRC city of Bukavu
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Deaths and injuries reported after explosions at rally attended by thousands in city captured by rebel group
Several people have been killed and dozens more injured after blasts at a mass rally held b…
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