Congo clashes
DR Congo authorities ban Kinshasa rallies over tensions
Tshisekedi was elected in December to replace Kabila who presided over sub-Saharan Africa's biggest country for nearly two decades.
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Bowing out as president, Congo's Kabila raises prospect of a return act
Kabila’s critics and some analysts say concerns about his personal security and the fortune reportedly amassed by his family could account for a seeming reluctance to cede power.
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Conflict between Hema and Lendu in DRC continues to claim more lives
Conflict between Hema and Lendu around the turn of the century killed tens of thousands of people.
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Congo PM says mining code agreed, no room for compromise
Prime Minister Bruno Tshibala told Reuters in an interview during a visit to London that he did not expect that would lead to changes in the law.
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At least 4 killed during anti-government protests in Congo
Catholic activists had called for protests after Sunday mass, one year after President Joseph Kabila committed to holding an election to choose his successor by the end of 2017.
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Congo security forces accused of killing 2 during anti-government protests
The delay has fueled suspicions Kabila will try to remove constitutional term limits that forbid him from running again.
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UN condemns arrests of Congo opposition members
Congo’s government has banned opposition demonstrations since last year, when security forces killed dozens of protesters demanding Kabila’s departure.
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26 bodies of ambushed travellers found in eastern Congo – chief
A Congolese military spokesman had earlier confirmed that the bodies had been discovered near the road, but did not know how many there were.
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Militants attack east Congo bases, killing two UN peacekeepers
The fighting is a fresh outbreak of violence for a region plagued by ethnic tensions and massacres that killed more than 800 people between 2014-2016.
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Congo warlord seeks to unite rebel factions in anti-Kabila alliance
UN peacekeepers helped beat them back with heavy machineguns after some government troops fled, with UN helicopters sinking several rebel boats.
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UN inquiry finds Congolese militia likely killed UN monitors
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres set up an internal board of inquiry and gave an executive summary of the findings to the Security Council on Tuesday.
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Dozens killed in ethnic violence in eastern Congo
Violence has raged across much of Congo killing hundreds and displacing millions amid a political crisis caused by President Kabila's refusal to step down.
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Congo police arrest over 100 as anti-Kabila protests dispersed
Another rights group, Amnesty International, said later that more than 100 people had been arrested.
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Murdered UN experts talked travel with Congo militia family: report
However, UN investigators say they cannot yet lay blame for the murders based on the preliminary evidence.
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Gunmen attack Congo wildlife reserve, US journalist, 3 guards missing
Kidnapping of locals & Westerners for ransom has been on the rise in eastern DRC, a tinderbox of rebel groups & militias left over from a 1998-2003 war.
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Assailants kill at least two, injure six in Kinshasa raid
The assailants were not identified, but witnesses said they wore red headbands and magic charms.
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Congo election head says presidential vote unlikely this year
Kabila’s refusal to step down at the end of his second elected term in December sparked protests that killed dozens of people.
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Police officer killed in Congo jail raid, Kabila misses TV speech
An adviser to Kabila told Reuters earlier the government would not hold its annual independence day military parade on Friday because of security concerns.
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Congo finds 10 more mass graves in insurgency-hit Kasai region
But witnesses in Kasai-Central interviewed in March by Reuters said they had seen army trucks dumping bodies.
