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East African leaders hold summit to discuss unrest in DR Congo
Feb 04, 2023 12:03East African leaders were holding a regional summit in Burundi on Saturday to discuss ways of calming the raging conflict in eastern DR Congo.
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Floods kill at least 120 in Congolese capital
Dec 14, 2022 11:44At least 120 people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa after heavy rains unleashed floods and caused landslides, a government document seen by Reuters showed on Tuesday.
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19 killed as anti-UN protests spread in DR Congo
Jul 28, 2022 04:49At least 19 people have been killed in two days of protests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo against a United Nations peacekeeping mission in the east of the country, which protesters accuse of failing to protect them from militia violence.
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At least 30 civilians killed in northeast DR Congo by suspected ADF rebels
Sep 06, 2021 08:50At least 30 civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been killed in a weekend massacre in the restive northeast of the Central African nation, local officials said.
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Congo orders partial evacuation of eruption-hit Goma
May 28, 2021 04:00Congolese authorities on Thursday ordered the partial evacuation of Goma, a city that has been rocked by hundreds of earthquakes and seen large cracks appear in the earth in the aftermath of a volcanic eruption on its doorstep at the weekend.
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Volcano erupts in DR Congo leaving thousands of houses under ash
May 25, 2021 03:25Thousands of houses are left covered in lava after the eruption of Mount Nyirangongo, just a few hundred metres from the city of Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Italian ambassador, two others killed in attack on UN convoy in DR Congo
Feb 23, 2021 02:17Italy’s ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been killed in an attack on a United Nations (UN) convoy in the African country’s troubled east.
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Presidential election starts in DR Congo
Dec 30, 2018 09:00People have started voting in the presidential election in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, amid delays and reported disorganization.
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Iran condoles with Congo over oil tanker fire victims
Oct 07, 2018 09:36The Iranian Foreign Ministry extended the country's condolences to the Democratic Republic of Congo over the death and injury of dozens of people after the collusion of an oil tanker and a bus.
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WHO warns there may be no vaccine option for new Ebola outbreak
Aug 03, 2018 03:11It may be impossible to use a vaccine to tackle Democratic Republic of Congo's new Ebola outbreak, which has spread over 10s of kilometers and may have begun in May, a senior World Health Organization official said on Thursday.