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Gunmen raid DR Congo prison, 900 escape, 11 die in exchange of fire
Jun 12, 2017 00:38Eleven people were killed and more than 900 inmates escaped Sunday after unidentified assailants attacked a jail in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s restive east, an official said.
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DR Congo faces UN threat for international probe
Jun 06, 2017 15:13The UN rights chief on Tuesday gave Kinshasa a two-day deadline to show it is seriously investigating violence in the central Kasai province, or submit to an international probe.
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Frenchman, 3 Congolese hostages freed in Congo
May 28, 2017 23:59Militiamen have freed a French national and three Congolese who were kidnapped in March in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the Interior Ministry says.
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DR Congo hit by fresh Ebola outbreak: WHO
May 13, 2017 02:53The first Ebola outbreak since the crisis in West Africa that killed 11,300 people has been declared in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization said Friday, after the virus caused three deaths in the area.
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About 20 killed in DR Congo ethnic clashes: UN
Apr 27, 2017 01:10Twenty people died in ethnic clashes last week in the troubled central Kasai region of Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said Wednesday.
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One million displaced in DR Congo's Kasai due to violence: UN
Apr 21, 2017 15:08Deadly violence between government forces and tribal militias in DR Congo's central Kasai region has forced more than a million people from their homes over the past eight months, the UN said Friday.
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UN investigators unearth 17 mass graves in Congo
Apr 19, 2017 13:00The United Nations says its investigators have discovered 17 mass graves in the central Democratic Republic of the Congo, increasing the number to 40 documented in an area that witnessed clashes between the army and a local militia.
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General strike called by opposition affects DR Congo’s main cities
Apr 03, 2017 13:04A general strike called by the opposition to force Congolese President Joseph Kabila to share power has slowed business activities in the country's four biggest cities.
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Central Congo militia decapitates 40 police officers in ambush
Mar 26, 2017 00:56Militia fighters decapitated about 40 police officers after an ambush in central Democratic Republic of Congo, local officials said on Saturday, the deadliest attack on security forces since an insurgency erupted in the region last year.
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In a first, ICC to award Congo war crimes victims $250 each
Mar 24, 2017 14:42The International Criminal Court Friday ordered 297 victims of ex-Congolese warlord Germain Katanga to each receive "a symbolic" $250 in damages for a brutal 2003 attack on their village, in the tribunal's first such award.