Congo News
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Nearly 400,000 flee DR Congo city over fears volcano could erupt again
The eastern DR Congo city of Goma was eerily deserted after almost 400,000 of its inhabitants fled following warnings that...
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Hundreds flee DR Congo volcano for neighbouring Rwanda
At least 3,000 persons have fled an eastern city in the Democratic Republic of Congo for Rwanda on Sunday after...
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Rebel ambush kills 7 soldiers in eastern DR Congo: monitor
Seven Congolese soldiers were killed in an ambush Tuesday in the Virunga national park well-known for its mountain gorillas, monitors...
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DR Congo militia killed 800 in 18 months: UN
A notorious militia has killed nearly 800 civilians in eastern DR Congo since the start of this past year, the...
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16 people beheaded in DR Congo militia massacre
Suspected militia fighters have decapitated 16 people in a new village massacre near Beni in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo,...
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Ebola spreads to remote, militia-run Congo territory
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have confirmed a new case of Ebola in the remote, militia-controlled territory of...
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Ebola outbreak declared global health emergency
The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo a "public health emergency of...
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Ebola outbreak deaths in DR Congo surpass 1,000
The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in Congo rose above 1,000 on Friday, with attacks on treatment centres continuing...
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Ebola worker shot dead at hospital in eastern DR Congo
A health worker fighting an Ebola outbreak in DR Congo was shot dead Friday in an attack on a hospital...
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UN chief proposes cutting DRCongo force
UN chief Antonio Guterres has proposed shrinking the large peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo.After presidential elections in...
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Ebola treatment center in Congo is attacked again; 1 dead
Heavily armed assailants again attacked an Ebola treatment center in the heart of eastern Congo's deadly outbreak on Saturday, with...
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Ebola death toll in DR Congo passes 500
More than 500 people have died from the latest outbreak of Ebola in DR Congo, but a vaccination programme has...
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African Union urges Congo to delay final polls results
The African Union (AU) says there are "serious doubts" about the outcome of elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo...
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Congo's ruling coalition wins majority in national assembly
The ruling coalition of Congo's outgoing President Joseph Kabila has won a large majority of national assembly seats, the electoral...
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UN Security Council delays Congo session amid vote counting
The U.N. Security Council has put off a planned session on Congo and its closely watched presidential election as the...
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8 UN peacekeepers killed in eastern DR Congo
Eight United Nations peacekeepers were killed in an operation against a rebel militia in eastern DR Congo, the UN Security...