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UNHCR seeks urgent support as violence in eastern DR Congo leaves hundreds of thousands without shelter
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed by the rapidly worsening humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as the continued lack of access to displaced people hampers the ...
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DR Congo: As conflict looms, Pope Francis expresses 'concern'
Newborns and women in labor died in the bombings. Further reading: Eastern DR Congo crisis escalates as M23 advances in North Kivu "I also follow with concern the events in the capital ...
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DR Congo: M23 Drives Displaced People From Goma Camps
The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has unlawfully ordered tens of thousands of displaced people to leave the camps around Goma ...
La Croix2d
DR Congo's death penalty plan for gang youth sparks division
The National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO), which has consistently opposed the death penalty, maintains its stance. Speaking to La Croix International, Monsignor Donatien Nshole ...
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"All Our Citizens Are Safe", Says India Amid DR Congo Conflict
About twenty-five thousand Indian citizens live in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mr Jaiswal said. Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs Randhir Jaiswal said on Friday that ...
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Rebels move deeper into eastern DR Congo as UN says hundreds killed
U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the World Health Organisation and its partners conducted an assessment with DR Congo’s government between Jan. 26-30 “and report that 700 people have been ...
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As M23 rebel group advances in Congo, a new leader signals a shift in its identity
A new face politically motivated Unlike in 2012, Nangaa’s selling point as the face of M23 is that he is from the Haut-Uele province and not Tutsi,” said Moleka with the Dypol Congolese think tank ...
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DR Congo: SADC reaffirms 'commitment' amid M23 advance
The M23 rebel group was advancing towards Bukavu in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) a UN expert said on Friday, just days after the group seized the key eastern city of Goma.
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Why Is Violence Flaring Up in Mineral-Rich Congo?
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As M23 rebel group advances in Congo, a new leader signals a shift in its identity
KAMPALA, Uganda — After Rwanda-backed M23 rebels took control of the biggest city in eastern Congo this week, the man who emerged from the shadows to assert his leadership was not the group’s ...
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As M23 rebel group advances in Congo, a new leader signals a shift in its identity
The M23 rebels also have a new political leader, Corneille Nangaa, who was Congo's former election commissioner and oversaw a disputed election won by Congo's President Félix Tshisekedi.