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DR Congo crisis: Rwandan envoy on why Germany, Denmark should back African-led initiative
Rwanda’s Ambassador to Sweden and other Nordic countries, Dr. Diane Gashumba, has urged Denmark and Germany to support African-led initiatives for the eastern DR Congo crisis, by advocating for ...
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DRC government directive triggers panic in ape sanctuaries amid ongoing conflict
For primate sanctuaries in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the year 2025 has begun with panic, worry and uncertainty as ...
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A High-Stakes Blame Game - DR Congo's Age-Old Weapon
When a government official seems to spend more time in foreign press briefings in high end hotels and first-class flights than on the ground tackling domestic emergencies, it raises a fundamental ...
Advance of Rwanda-backed rebels in Congo threatens regional peace, UN officials warn
Top United Nations officials in Africa have warned an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that the offensive of ...
Anxiety rises in DR Congo capital as M23 rebels advance in east
As Rwanda-backed rebels strolled through the streets of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's second-largest city, President ...
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Honouring our heroes: Ramaphosa declares week of mourning for fallen SANDF soldiers
soldiers killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Opening his ninth State Of the Nation Address (SONA), Ramaphosa declared the flags will be flown at half mast in honour of: Staff ...
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UNRIC Library Backgrounder: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Why have UN peacekeepers been in DR Congo for 65 years? Established by Security Council resolution 1279 (1999) of 30 November 1999. In accordance with Security Council resolution 1925 (2010), MONUC ...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
The economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - a nation endowed with vast natural resource wealth - continues to perform poorly. Systemic corruption since independence in 1960, combined ...
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5 things to know about the fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Their fighters continue to claim more territory... GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo — On Monday, M23 rebels backed by Rwandan troops entered the city of Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of ...
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Dead bodies on the streets and hospitals overwhelmed as rebels battle government in DR Congo city of Goma
The pair agree on the need for a ceasefire. The M23 rebels, who have fought a number of rebellions in the east against the Democratic Republic of Congo’s central government, have ignored calls ...
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The evidence that shows Rwanda is backing rebels in DR Congo
Protesters in Kinshasa, the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo, have been burning portraits of Rwanda's president and tearing up Rwandan flags as M23 rebels have taken control of most the ...
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Violence erupts in mineral-rich DR Congo as rebels move into key city. Here’s what we know
A report by the UN Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of Congo, released in December, revealed that “at least 150 tons of coltan were fraudulently exported to Rwanda and mixed with ...