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DR Congo: Militias commit mass ethnic killings in Ituri
A wave of brutal killings in eastern DR Congo has raised alarms, as militias rampage through Ituri province, targeting civilians. A video circulating online shows disturbing scenes of massacres ...
Civilian death toll exceeds 80 after east Congo militia attack, says UN mission
More than 80 civilians were killed in a late night attack by the armed group CODECO on a cluster of villages in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo earlier this week, UN peacekeeping mission MONUSCO ...
At least 55 civilians killed by militia fighters in northeastern Congo
Authorities say militia fighters in northeastern Congo have killed at least 55 civilians in an attack on a cluster of ...
Los Angeles Daily News16d
Trump administration will consider redrawing boundaries of national monuments as part of energy push
WASHINGTON (AP) — As part of the Trump administration’s push to expand U.S. energy production, federal officials will review and consider redrawing the boundaries of national monuments created ...
Mercury News16d
National Politics
WASHINGTON (AP) — As part of the Trump administration’s push to expand U.S. energy production, federal officials will review and consider redrawing the boundaries of national monuments created ...
AllAfrica.com21d
Congo-Kinshasa: Risk of Regional Conflict Following Fall of Goma and M23 Offensive in the DRC
Memories remain fresh of the devastating Congo Wars of the late 1990s and early ... addressed the external elements of the crisis. The Ituri Pacification Committee, which flowed from both ...
Mongabay22d
Mineral exploitation overshadows green diplomacy in Congo’s Sangha region
The Republic of Congo’s minister of mines has issued at least 79 semi-industrial gold mining and exploration permits in the Sangha region, despite the area being officially designated for a ...
Daily Monitor23d
M23 takes Goma: This is both Uganda’s meat and poison
The March 23 (M23) rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday night "liberated ... Currently operating from north North Kivu and south of Ituri Province, where the Uganda People's ...
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Congo’s M23 rebels control Goma airport, embassies attacked
Democratic Republic of Congo’s M23 rebel group has gained control of the airport in the eastern city of Goma, diplomatic and security sources told Reuters. Corneille Nangaa, leader of the AFC ...
CNN23d
Violence erupts in mineral-rich DR Congo as rebels move into key city. Here’s what we know
A rebel alliance claimed the capture of the biggest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich eastern region this week, pushing back against resistance from government troops ...
Anadolu Ajansi23d
Death toll among peacekeepers climbs to 17 in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Four more South African soldiers were killed in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, bringing the total number of peacekeepers killed to 17 as clashes with M23 rebels continued ...
The Irish Times23d
Congo’s M23 rebels take control of Goma airport
Rebels seized the airport of east Congo’s largest city Goma on Tuesday, potentially cutting off the main route for aid to reach hundreds of thousands of displaced people, after capturing the ...