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20,000 homeless, dozens missing in wake of DR Congo volcano: UN
May 27, 2021 00:57More than 20,000 people are homeless and 40 are still missing in the aftermath of a volcanic eruption which killed dozens in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the UN humanitarian agency says.
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The DOJ has released its clearest evidence yet tying Jan. 6 militants to Trump
Feb 19, 2021 16:26Federal prosecutors filed papers asking a judge to keep a militia leader in jail who has been charged with planning an attack on the Capitol on January 6. The papers contain some of the most direct language yet from the Department of Justice (DOJ) tying former President Donald Trump to the members of the mob that violently breached the Capitol building.
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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.