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DR Congo - M23 Drives Displaced People From Goma Camps [press release]
Rwanda-Backed Armed Group Should Revoke Unlawful Displacement OrderThe Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has unlawfully ordered tens of thousands of displaced people to leave the camps around Goma in ...
From Congo to CT, a crisis —and hope
The United Nations estimates that among the DRC’s population of 118 million, nearly one in five —21.2 million individuals— ...
The Lancet7h
Humanitarian and health-care crises in eastern DR Congo
An offensive by M23 fighters is disrupting health services and displacing people in a region already beset by health ...
UNICEF accuses armed men in eastern Congo of raping scores of children
The U.N. children’s fund is accusing armed men, likely on both sides of the conflict in eastern Congo, of raping scores of ...
Congo Catholic delegation meets rebel leader as forces advance
Representatives of Congo's powerful Catholic church met on Wednesday with a rebel leader whose Rwandan-backed M23 forces last ...
M23’s capture of Goma is the latest chapter in eastern Congo’s long-running war
Creating sustainable peace in Congo requires giving justice to the victims of war crimes and preventing the illicit trade in ...
Jacobin on MSN1d
How the West Destroyed Congo’s Hopes for Independence
The burden that Patrice Lumumba, prime minister of the Republic of the Congo, assumed was an awesome one. On his young, slim ...
Fighting in Africa’s mineral-rich DRC killed over 3,000 in less than 2 weeks. Here’s how your phone plays a part
A rampaging rebel group has claimed the capture of another mining town in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of ...
La Croix2d
DR Congo's death penalty plan for gang youth sparks division
The National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO), which has consistently opposed the death penalty, maintains its stance. Speaking to La Croix International, Monsignor Donatien Nshole ...
110,000 people are stranded in eastern Congo as rebels are accused of forced return
The U.N. says more than 110,000 displaced people have in recent days left settlement camps in eastern Congo’s cities ...
Congo humanitarian operations hit hard by Trump aid pause, says UN official
A U.S. pause on foreign aid has had a "major impact" in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where humanitarian operations last ...
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 ...