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Eastern Congo
Health crisis deepens in eastern Congo as over 80% of health facilities run short of medicines, Red Cross reveals
More than 200 health facilities in eastern Congo are running out of essential medicines as renewed fighting and dwindling humanitarian aid cripple the region’s fragile health system, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) disclosed on Wednesday. The ICRC said its recent assessment of 240 hospitals and clinics in North and South Kivu revealed…
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Death toll in Congo rebel attacks rises to 89
The death toll from rebel violence in eastern Congo has gone up, with officials confirming...
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Rebels kill 60 in eastern Congo
At least 60 people were brutally killed overnight in eastern Congo when suspected Islamic State–linked...
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Trump claims he ended Congo’s war, but residents say fighting persists
U.S. President Donald Trump has again claimed credit for ending the conflict in eastern Congo,...
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M23 rebels dismiss HRW’s report linking them to eastern Congo massacres
The rebel movement M23, accused of atrocities in eastern Congo, has pushed back against fresh allegations, rejecting a new rights report that links it to a string of massacres. In a statement Wednesday...
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M23 rebels kill over 140 civilians in eastern Congo – Human Rights Watch reports
At least 140 civilians were killed in eastern Congo in July, reportedly by Rwanda-backed rebels, in what a human rights organization has described as “summary executions.” Human Rights Watch...
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U.S. imposes sanctions on armed group and firms profiting from Congo’s conflict minerals
The United States has imposed sanctions on an armed group accused of exploiting mineral wealth in eastern Congo. According to a senior U.S. official speaking anonymously ahead of Tuesday’s announcement,...
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Rwanda-backed rebels kill 319 in eastern Congo amid fragile peace talks – U.N. says
In one of the deadliest waves of violence in recent years, at least 319 people were killed in a series of massacres carried out by Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo, according to a Wednesday statement...
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Congo and Rwanda sign U.S.-brokered peace deal amid fears over minerals and rebel resistance
After decades of brutal conflict in eastern Congo, a new peace accord signed between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda has stirred cautious hope for change. The deal, brokered by the United States...
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U.N. peacekeeping chief meets leaders of M23 rebels amid ongoing violence in eastern Congo
For the first time since rebel forces took control of Goma, the head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Congo, Bintou Keita, met face-to-face with the leaders of M23 rebels on Friday in the...
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Amnesty accuses M23 rebels of war crimes in eastern Congo: torture, killings and enforced disappearances
Amnesty International has issued a damning report accusing the M23 rebel group of grave human rights abuses, including torture, killings, and enforced disappearances in eastern Congo’s rebel-held...
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Deadly floods in eastern Congo leave 62 dead, 50 still missing
Torrential rains in eastern Congo triggered devastating floods that engulfed multiple villages near Lake Tanganyika, killing at least 62 people and leaving 50 others unaccounted for, authorities reported...
