Democratic republic of congo
Congo-Brazzaville president's party wins 111 of 151 seats
The polls were marked by a low turnout, according to observers, and the authorities did not give the final abstention rate.
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DR Congo and Rwanda agree to 'de-escalate' tensions
The DRC has repeatedly accused Rwanda of backing the M23, a charge the small central African country always denied.
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Lumumba's coffin visits Kisangani, where Congo's first premier found his way
A single tooth is all that remains of the young scholar and nationalist politician whose life and career were cut short in a dark struggle for leadership and control of resources in the central African country.
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Remains of independence hero Lumumba return to DR Congo
A plane will take Lumumba's last remains - a tooth that ex-colonial power Belgium handed over to his family on Monday - from Brussels to Kinshasa for a nine-day trip around the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Thousands in anti-Rwanda rally in eastern DRC city
Several thousand people rallied Wednesday in the eastern DRC city of Goma to protest against Rwanda, a day after the government reiterated claims Kigali backed a notorious rebel group.
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At least 20 dead in new DR Congo massacre
Ituri and neighbouring North Kivu province are struggling with attacks by armed groups, many of them a legacy of wars in the Democratic Republic of Congo's east.
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Belgian king, in shadow of colonial past, to visit DR Congo
The six-day trip, at the invitation of President Felix Tshisekedi, has strong symbolic significance, coming two years after Philippe expressed to the Congolese leader his "deepest regrets" for the "wounds" of colonisation.
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17 headless bodies discovered in east Democratic Republic of Congo
Soldiers patrolling eastern Democratic Republic of Congo discovered 17 decapitated bodies, believed to be victims of a notorious rebel group, local sources said on Friday.
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More than 100 million people forcibly displaced: UN
UNHCR said the numbers of forcibly displaced people rose towards 90 million by the end of 2021, spurred by violence in Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Myanmar and Nigeria.
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M23 rebels announce 'withdrawal' from DR Congo villages
Fighting between the rebels and soldiers flared up Wednesday after several days of calm and the M23 rebels took control of around a dozen villages in Rutshuru territory in North Kivu province, local sources said.
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Tied in knots? Polygamy persists in DR Congo despite ban
In 2012, the 60-year-old married three women simultaneously in his church in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. He repudiated one for "bad behaviour", but now has four aged between 26 and 48 through other marriages.
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Top UN court to rule on massive DR Congo reparation claim
The International Court of Justice is set to give a verdict at 1400 GMT over a legal battle Kinshasa launched against Kampala more than two decades ago.
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At least 40 civilians killed in DR Congo machete attack
US-based Kivu Security Tracker (KST) said the suspected attackers were from a notorious armed group called CODECO, blamed for a string of ethnic massacres in the area.
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Democratic Republic of Congo court set for verdict in murder of UN experts
A military court in Democratic Republic of Congo is set to pronounce a long-awaited verdict in a mass trial over the 2017 murder of two UN experts.
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At least 15 people killed in DR Congo violence
A militia group called CODECO on Sunday ransacked the village of Mabanga in Djugu territory, "killing six people, including four women," Ngandjole Assani, a representative of local grassroots groups, told AFP.
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50 killed in DR Congo fighting
The clashes have taken place in Ituri province, where in separate conflicts, the army is battling the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) - a group with suspected links to the so-called Islamic State - and an ethnic-based militia called CODECO.
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DRC policeman dies as teargas, bullets fired at protesters
The demonstrators converged on arterial roads early in the morning, setting up barricades and burning tyres in the capital of the Nord Kivu province, an AFP reporter said.
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DR Congo declares end to latest Ebola outbreak
Two patients were cured after receiving treatment, including with the REGN-EB3 cocktail of monoclonal antibodies approved by the US Food and Drug Administration at the end of last year.
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DR Congo, Uganda claim 34 rebels captured, hostages freed
Uganda and the DRC launched artillery and air strikes on November 30 against the Allied Democratic Forces, a group blamed for attacks in the Ugandan capital and regular massacres in eastern DR Congo, with Ugandan troops then entering Congolese territory.
