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At least 60 die in Congo River shipwreck
Feb 16, 2021 10:20At least 60 people died when a passenger barge carrying more than 700 people became shipwrecked on the Congo river at night, Democratic Republic of Congo’s humanitarian affairs minister said on Monday.
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DR Congo parliament votes to remove PM in win for president
Jan 28, 2021 05:47Lawmakers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have voted to remove Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba from office, handing President Felix Tshisekedi a key victory in his bid to sideline the allies of his predecessor.
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46 killed in suspected Daesh-related attack in eastern DR Congo
Jan 15, 2021 12:56Armed rebels, with suspected links to the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group, have killed dozens of civilians in an attack in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a senior provincial official says.
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China extends debt relief to DR Congo amid COVID-19 crisis
Jan 07, 2021 06:59The Democratic Republic of the Congo says China has offered some debt relief in a bid to ease pressure on the central African country ravaged by the COVID-19 crisis.
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Congo army killed 33 militiamen in Ituri fighting
Oct 28, 2020 16:56Democratic Republic of Congo's army says its troops have killed 33 militiamen since intense fighting erupted in the northeastern province of Ituri on Saturday.
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At least 50 killed in collapsed gold mine in east Congo, says NGO
Sep 12, 2020 10:38At least 50 people are thought to have died when an artisanal gold mine collapsed near Kamituga in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a local mining NGO said.
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At least 11 killed in gunmen ambush in DR Congo’s troubled Ituri region
Jul 05, 2020 23:49Gunmen have killed 11 people including military and local officials in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said Sunday, an ambush attributed to a militia accused of a string of massacres.
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Over 1 million displaced by violence in eastern DR Congo: UN
Jun 30, 2020 12:08More than one million people have been forced to flee their homes in the violence-ravaged eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since the start of the year, the UN said Tuesday.
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Some acts of violence in DR Congo may amount to war crimes: UN
Jun 05, 2020 13:23The United Nations (UN) has warned that some acts of violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo may amount to “war crimes.”
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Four army soldiers, 13 rebels killed in DR Congo clashes
Mar 08, 2020 08:21Heavy clashes between government forces and armed rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have left four soldiers and at least 13 militants dead in the country’s troubled east.