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Rights group demands probe of ex-governor, 2 army officers in Congo for possible humanitarian crimes
1 week, 6 days ago

Rights group demands probe of ex-governor, 2 army officers in Congo for possible humanitarian crimes

The Independent  

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Rights group demands probe of ex-governor, 2 army officers in Congo for possible humanitarian crimes
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1 week, 6 days ago

Rights group demands probe of ex-governor, 2 army officers in Congo for possible humanitarian crimes

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — Amnesty International called for an investigation Wednesday into a former governor and two top army officials in Congo for “possible crimes against humanity” during a deadly crackdown on demonstrators last year protesting the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the country. The human rights group said in a report Congo’s security forces killed at least 56 people and injured …

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Gunfire, gang rapes and missing inmates: Inside a deadly DRC jailbreak
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Gunfire, gang rapes and missing inmates: Inside a deadly DRC jailbreak

Al Jazeera  

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo – It was two hours after midnight last Monday when the first bursts of gunfire rang out in Selembao municipality, south of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. “In the middle of the prison break … broke the door of the women’s block and they started raping us,” she said. …

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African Human Rights Commission condemns Indigenous groups’ eviction to protect nature
4 months, 3 weeks ago

African Human Rights Commission condemns Indigenous groups’ eviction to protect nature

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — The Congolese government violated the rights of the Indigenous Batwa community by evicting them about 50 years ago from their ancestral lands to expand one of the country’s biggest national parks, according to the African Union’s commission on human rights. The African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights called on the Congolese government to allow for the …

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DR Congo ends impasse to appoint new government
6 months, 3 weeks ago

DR Congo ends impasse to appoint new government

Al Jazeera  

Five-month delay since election featured an attempted coup as conflict rages in mineral-rich east. Last year, the Congolese government said the country’s economy was losing $1bn a year due to illicit trade, which sees large amounts of minerals like coltan – vital for the manufacturing of mobile phones and car batteries – smuggled to Rwanda. The failed coup on May …

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US condemns Rwanda’s support of armed M23 rebels in eastern Congo and calls for troop withdrawal
10 months ago

US condemns Rwanda’s support of armed M23 rebels in eastern Congo and calls for troop withdrawal

Associated Press  

KAMPALA, Uganda — The U.S. has condemned Saturday Rwanda’s support of the armed M23 group in eastern Congo, whose rebellion has caused the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people, and called on the rebel group to “cease hostilities.” The U.S. State Department in a statement strongly criticized “the worsening violence. caused by the actions of the Rwanda-backed, U.S.- and …

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Tensions between Congo and Rwanda heighten the risk of military confrontation, UN envoy says
1 year ago

Tensions between Congo and Rwanda heighten the risk of military confrontation, UN envoy says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Tensions between Congo and Rwanda have escalated, heightening the risk of a military confrontation that could draw in Burundi, the top U.N. official in Congo warned the Security Council on Monday. She stressed that insecurity “has compounded the ongoing humanitarian crisis.” According to the U.N. humanitarian office, over 6.5 million people are displaced in Congo, 5.5 million …

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The Congolese military is accused of a deadly crackdown on a religious sect, killing at least 43
1 year, 3 months ago

The Congolese military is accused of a deadly crackdown on a religious sect, killing at least 43

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — More than 40 people died and dozens were injured while protesters from a religious sect gathered in the Congolese city of Goma, national authorities said. Congo’s communications ministry said violence related to planned protests led to 43 deaths and 56 injuries, raising the preliminary death toll of seven announced by the army on Wednesday. “People have a …

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Congo tests boundaries of democracy, climate action during Blinken visit
2 years, 4 months ago

Congo tests boundaries of democracy, climate action during Blinken visit

LA Times  

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken greets former NBA basketball superstar and Congo native Dikembe Mutombo, left, as they take the stage with the Rainbow Band to say a few words at Villa Kilimanjaro in Kinshasa, Congo. Within hours of Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken’s arrival in the Democratic Republic of Congo — as he repeatedly urged free, fair …

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Photos: Anti-MONUSCO protests in DR Congo’s Goma turn violent
2 years, 4 months ago

Photos: Anti-MONUSCO protests in DR Congo’s Goma turn violent

Al Jazeera  

At least five people have been killed and some 50 wounded on the second day of protests against a United Nations peacekeeping force in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to a government spokesman. Protesters on Monday attacked a warehouse of the MONUSCO force and looted offices, demanding that the mission leave for failing to protect civilians in …

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Kidnapped Congolese woman repeatedly raped and forced to eat human flesh, rights group says
2 years, 5 months ago

Kidnapped Congolese woman repeatedly raped and forced to eat human flesh, rights group says

The Independent  

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UN envoy warns of spiralling DRC conflict
2 years, 5 months ago

UN envoy warns of spiralling DRC conflict

Al Jazeera  

The United Nations envoy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has warned that fighting in the east of the country could spiral out of control, amid reports of grave human right abuses in the region’s restive provinces. A recent flare-up of heavy fighting has revived decades-old animosities between the governments of DRC and neighbouring Rwanda, with the former blaming …

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Behind Congo’s misery
4 years, 2 months ago

Behind Congo’s misery

The Hindu  

Theories of development up to the middle of the 20th century glorified the European model of development, suppressing critical and alternative perspectives, with the intention of pushing it as a trustworthy model for decolonised countries to follow and get integrated with the international political economy. At the Berlin Conference in 1885, the European colonial powers gave King Leopold II the …

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Nobel laureate urges EU to act against Congo crimes
4 years, 3 months ago

Nobel laureate urges EU to act against Congo crimes

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — Congolese Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Denis Mukwege has urged European Union nations to bring people accused of war crimes and other major abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo to justice. Speaking to EU lawmakers via video-link on Monfsy, Mukwege called on member states to use the principle of “universal jurisdiction.” This allows victims in a country …

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