Journalists working in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo are facing renewed threats of violence from government-allied Wazalendo militiamen, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. The press freedom watchdog said members of the pro-government militia have threatened to kill or capture one reporter and to set fire to another journalist’s radio station, in what […]
Thousands of families displaced by fighting in and around Uvira, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, say their hopes of returning home are fading after a United States ultimatum calling for the withdrawal of Rwandan troops from the region expired this week. Despite the diplomatic deadline, clashes on the ground have continued, leaving civilians with
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At least 30 people have died since May at the Kigonze displacement camp in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to a report from Al Jazeera, as health authorities warn of a resurgent Ebola threat in a region already strained by years of armed conflict and mass displacement. A vulnerable population in a
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Over 80 Congolese soldiers face court martial for desertion and faking combat against M23 rebels in eastern DRC, in one of the largest military prosecutions since the insurgency escalated.
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In the mist-shrouded hills of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the cycle of violence that has defined the region for three decades shows no sign of breaking. The M23 rebel movement — a Tutsi-led armed group that claims to fight for the rights of Congolese Tutsis but which Kinshasa and a growing body of international
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s military has launched a major disarmament and voluntary repatriation operation targeting the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), a Hutu rebel group that has operated on Congolese soil for three decades — in a campaign that regional observers say could be the best chance in a generation to
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