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‘I’ll never see him again’: Attacks killing aid workers in eastern DRC

Since the start of 2024, more than 170 security incidents have directly targeted humanitarian workers, the UN says. According to accounts shared with Al Jazeera by some displaced people, misconceptions and communication scarcity may be among factors leading to the mistrust of aid workers in the DRC. It’s not cautious to attack NGOs, it can negatively impact on the humanitarian …

ISIL-affiliated rebel fighters blamed after 38 killed in DR Congo attack

The armed men used guns and machetes to attack residents of villages in Beni territory, in North Kivu province. Rebel fighters affiliated with ISIL have killed at least 38 people in an overnight attack on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, officials and a civil society leader in the region have said. The armed men used guns and …

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The attackers were led by Christian Malanga, a politician and former military officer based in the US. In a livestream posted on Facebook during Sunday’s attack, Malanga threatened the president and chanted “New Zaire!” The DRC was formerly called Zaire. “Instead of attacking strategic sites like the two airports in Kinshasa, the military camps and the RTNC, the Malanga commando …

At least 12 killed in bomb attacks on eastern DR Congo displacement camps

Rebel attack in western Burundi kills at least 20

It is the second attack in two weeks by the RED-Tabara rebels, who have been largely inactive inside Burundi since 2021. The RED-Tabara rebel group, which has been battling Burundi’s government from bases in the eastern DRC since 2015, claimed on the social media platform X to have killed nine soldiers and one police officer. Witnesses who spoke to the …

Democratic Republic of the Congo says ‘children were killed’ in attack it blames on rebels in country’s restive east. The UN’s peacekeeping mission in the DRC denounced reports of the atrocities last week, saying they could amount to “crimes under international humanitarian law” if confirmed. The DRC army and the M23 — a predominantly Congolese Tutsi rebel group — have …

DRC closes Rwanda border after soldier is shot dead during attack

The border closure is the latest escalation in a diplomatic crisis that has broken out between the neighbours. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has closed its border with Rwanda after a Congolese soldier was shot dead while attacking border guards inside Rwandan territory. The border closure is the latest escalation in a diplomatic crisis that has broken out between …

Civilians killed in eastern DR Congo rebel attack

Several civilians have been killed by rebel fighters in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the country’s army and civil society groups. A spokesman for the DRC army told the AFP news agency that “more than a dozen” people have been killed in Saturday’s attack, while the Red Cross put the death toll at 24. The killings took place …

DRC militia kills dozens in attack on camp for displaced people