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DR Congo's death penalty plan for gang youth sparks division
(Illustration photo — The interior view of Notre Dame de la Sagesse at the University of Kinshasa (Photo by Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain) Should the Congolese justice system execute the death ...
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Traditional folk dance as cultural link
While men's Yingge performances are inspired by the legendary "Water Margin", one of the four great classical novels in ...
What’s behind the strange rash of ’dinosaur’ sightings in the Congo?
For centuries, locals have told stories of mokele-mbembe, a legendary creature said to lurk in the Congo Basin. But as ...
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South Afrcian soldiers uplift spirits with song and dance amid DRC conflict
The South African National Defence Force kept their spirits high with song and dance amid the Democratic Republic of the ...
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How younger generations keep the folk art of lion dancing alive in LA
At the East Wind Foundation, in the heart of Los Angeles' Chinatown, young people dedicate their after-school hours and ...
The Stanford Daily13d
Breaking the Silence: Stanford’s inaugural Congo Week examines culture and challenges
At a Congo Week event highlighting Congolese women, Wambua said humanitarian aid often fails to meet cultural needs. “One of the refugees told me that sometimes when they receive aid ...
Associated Press13d
As M23 rebel group advances in Congo, a new leader signals a shift in its identity
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Rebel leader of rebel group of Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) including M23, Corneille Nangaa, addresses a news ...
The Hindu14d
Majority of Indian nationals in Goma have moved to safety: MEA
The majority of Indian nationals living in violence-hit Goma in Congo have moved to safer places, the spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, Randhir Jaiswal, said on Friday (Janaury 31 ...
Times Union14d
As M23 rebel group advances in Congo, a new leader signals a shift in its identity
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — 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 ...
Washington Times14d
Congolese army tries to repel Rwanda-backed rebels in fighting that has killed some 700 people
GOMA, Congo (AP) — A weakened Congolese military fought back against Rwanda-backed rebels who the U.N. said were moving fast into the South Kivu province after seizing the region’s largest ...
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UN says more than 700 killed in just five days of fighting in DR Congo
More than 700 people have been killed and 2,800 injured in just five days since fighting escalated in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between January 26-30, UN Secretary-General ...
Sky14d
Displaced civilians in Democratic Republic of Congo face frenzy of fear and uncertainty
Hundreds of displaced Congolese marched down a sloping road in northeast Goma with their lives on their backs. Mothers with mattresses strapped to them dragged their toddlers alongside and trucks ...