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Congo officials confirm Ebola outbreak after 17 dead
May 10, 2018 10:01Cases of hemorrhagic fever were reported in an area of Congo that is facing an Ebola epidemic as far back as December and the first deaths were ported in January, a spokesman for the World Health Organization said in capital Kinshasa on Thursday.
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About 40 people fleeing violence drown off DR Congo
Apr 27, 2018 10:32Forty civilians have drowned after their boats overturned on a storm-swollen river while they were fleeing fighting in the northwest Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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UN finds five mass graves in Congo amid ethnic violence
Apr 26, 2018 13:59United Nations investigators have discovered five probable mass grave sites in eastern Congo's Ituri province where an outbreak of ethnic violence has killed at least 263 people, a UN peacekeeping mission said.
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About 57,000 people flee violence in DR Congo to Uganda, UNHCR says
Mar 16, 2018 16:18The United Nations refugee agency says more than 57,000 people have fled violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to Uganda this year.
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Two million children face starvation in DR Congo: UN
Mar 09, 2018 14:35More than two million children suffer from severe malnutrition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). They are at risk of dying if they do not get the needed assistance. That is what the United Nations has warned.
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UN peacekeepers face new sex abuse claims in DR Congo
Feb 15, 2018 16:05The United Nations says it registered 18 alleged cases of sexual abuse and exploitation by its peacekeepers and civilian personnel in the Democratic Republic of the Congo last year.
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Five killed in accident with DRC presidential motorcade
Feb 14, 2018 15:26Three soldiers and two civilians were killed and 11 other people injured in an accident involving DR Congo President Joseph Kabila's motorcade, his office said Wednesday.
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UN warns Congo’s anti-militant offensive could displace 370,000 people
Feb 08, 2018 14:38The United Nations has warned that an ongoing offensive against militants in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DCR) could displace some 370,000 people.
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At least 5 killed in DR Congo protest crackdown
Jan 21, 2018 12:40At least five people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, the UN said, as the authorities cracked down on a banned protest against President Joseph Kabila.
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UN chief urges DR Congo’s president to keep promise to step down
Jan 01, 2018 09:53UN chief Antonio Guterres has urged Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila to abide by an agreement to leave power, after at least eight people died in protests against his rule.