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M23 rebels take key town of Masisi as they advance in eastern DRC

The town of Masisi is in a rich, mountainous location that provides access to the provincial capital of Goma. M23 rebel fighters in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have taken control of a strategic town in the east of the Central African country, local politicians say, adding to the armed group’s recent gains in the region. The group took …

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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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1 month ago

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

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Amnesty International called for an …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Why this country is seeing a 'staggering' increase in the number of rapes

NPR

Why this country is seeing a 'staggering' increase in the number of rapes toggle caption Alexis Huguet/AFP via Getty Images When a woman goes in search of firewood and returns empty handed, Laétitia Bukébo starts to worry. According to a report published Tuesday by Physicians for Human Rights, there's been a "massive influx" of sexual violence in eastern DRC in …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Years of war in Congo have created a dire mental health crisis. But little support is available

LA Times

Nelly Shukuru, 51, holds the scarf she had planned on using to hang herself after spending three years in a displacement camp in Goma, eastern Congo. “The people who have died are better off than I am.” Years of conflict in eastern Congo have created a dire mental health crisis. Less than 30% of the requested $180 million for protection …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Congo’s humanitarian crisis helped mpox spiral again into a global health emergency

New Indian Express

GOMA, Congo: Sarah Bagheni had a headache, fever, and itchy and unusual skin lesions for days, but she had no inkling that her symptoms might have been caused by mpox and that she might be another case in a growing global health emergency. She and her husband live in the Bulengo displacement camp in eastern Congo, a region that is …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Children at risk as new mpox variant hits Congo displacement camps

The Hindu

Scars from the mpox pustules are still visible on 7-year old Grace Kabuo’s face, as well as on a handful of her playmates at a camp for displaced people near Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Local doctors say they have seen 130 suspected mpox cases, almost entirely in children and adolescents, in the last four weeks at a …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

As Rwanda votes, tensions with neighbouring DR Congo deepen over M23

Al Jazeera

As Rwandans go to the polls for presidential and legislative elections, some 9.7 million people are voting in an atmosphere of peace and stability. According to the UN expert group report, 3,000 to 4,000 Rwanda Defence Force members are fighting alongside the M23 in DRC. Government spokesperson Yolanda Makolo did not outrightly deny RDF’s presence in the DRC while speaking …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

A truce in Congo ends in a week. Aid groups say it could be a lost opportunity to help civilians

Associated Press

GOMA, Congo — A two-week truce in eastern Congo has heavily reduced fighting, but with a week left aid workers and local civil society groups say not much help has reached millions of people who are trapped in one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises. “We don’t see the benefit of a humanitarian truce if humanitarian aid does not reach …

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6 months ago

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

Al Jazeera

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 …

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6 months, 1 week ago

DRC tribunal sentences 25 soldiers to death for ‘fleeing the enemy’

Al Jazeera

Military court in Butembo set up as part of crackdown on soldiers fleeing M23 rebels as fighting rages in the east. The Butembo military court in North Kivu province handed the sentences down on Wednesday, deeming them guilty of fleeing the enemy, dissipation of war munitions and violation of orders. ‘Weaken our military’ In early May, eight Congolese soldiers, including …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Red Cross envoy: Congo conflict has worsened with sharp increases in sexual violence and wounded

Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS — The decades-old conflict in Congo’s mineral-rich east has “drastically deteriorated” since early 2022, and gotten even worse since last October, with sharp increases in sexual violence, the number of wounded, and child recruitment, the top Red Cross official in the country said Wednesday. Moreillon told several reporters at the office of the ICRC’s U.N. envoy that the …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

AP PHOTOS: In the spirit of perseverance, artists flock to Congo’s biggest dance festival

Associated Press

GOMA, Congo — For Virginie Magumba, a 22-year-old professional dancer from Goma, in eastern Congo, dancing is more than just a career. “All that I have become I owe to dancing.” Magumba won the prize for Best Congolese Dancer at this year’s Goma dance festival, the largest dancing event in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The annual festival, which sees …

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8 months, 1 week ago

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

Al Jazeera

Congolese government, US blame Rwandan army and M23 rebel group for targeting camps where thousands are seeking refuge. At least 12 people, including children, have been killed in twin bomb blasts that hit two camps for displaced people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to government officials, the United Nations and an aid group. Government spokesperson Yolande Makolo …

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8 months, 1 week ago

M23 rebels seize key smartphone mineral mining town in eastern Congo

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A rebel group with alleged …

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8 months, 1 week ago

M23 rebels seize key smartphone mineral mining town in eastern Congo

Associated Press

KINSHASA, Congo — A rebel group with alleged links to Rwanda this week seized Rubaya, a mining town in eastern Congo known for producing a key mineral used in smartphones, the group said Thursday in a statement. In a statement shared with The Associated Press, a spokesperson for the M23 rebel group said the town was “liberated.” The Congolese army …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

Soldiers and militia turn on civilians in encircled DR Congo's Goma city

New Indian Express

GOMA: In a video circulating online, a young man can be seen bleeding to death on the ground. "Three dead," a policeman tells an AFP reporter near a bar in Goma's Majengo quarter, where the young men in Tuesday evening's video died as they watched the Champions League quarter-final between Real Madrid and Manchester City. "They shoot at us" The …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Eastern DRC ‘at breaking point’ as security, humanitarian crises worsen

Al Jazeera

UN warns of deteriorating situation as M23 rebels continue to make gains, pushing hundreds of thousands of civilians from their homes. War is on the doorstep of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Goma city and the region is at breaking point, activists and aid workers have said, as the United Nations sounds an alarm over the situation in the …

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9 months, 4 weeks ago

Congo faces unprecedented crisis as violence displaces 250,000 in the last month, a UN official says

Associated Press

GOMA, Congo — Escalating violence in Congo’s eastern region has displaced at least 250,000 people in the last month, a senior United Nations official said Wednesday, describing the situation as an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. Amid intensified fighting with security forces, the M23 rebel group — the most dominant in the region with alleged links to neighboring Rwanda — has continued …

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10 months ago

At least 10 people killed as rebels seize a town in Congo’s conflict-hit eastern region

Associated Press

GOMA, Congo — A rebel group with alleged links to neighboring Rwanda seized a town in Congo’s conflict-hit eastern region following attacks that killed at least 10 people and displaced thousands, reports said Wednesday. He said thousands of people had fled toward Goma, which is eastern Congo’s largest city and the capital of North Kivu province. M23 controls about half …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

A guide to the decades-long conflict in DR Congo

Al Jazeera

The resource-rich country, now facing a major rebel attack, has been racked by conflict for more than 30 years. On October 24, 1996, the Tutsi-dominated AFDL in Kivu and troops of the Rwandan army launched offensives in eastern DRC, sparking the First Congo War. In response, Rwanda backed a new rebel group, the Rally for Congolese Democracy which launched a …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Why is fighting flaring in eastern Congo?

Firstpost

Violent clashes have escalated between Democratic Republic of Congo ’s army and Rwandan-backed M23 Tutsi-led rebels in eastern Congo. Violent clashes between the Democratic Republic of the Congo army and Rwandan-backed M23 Tutsi-led rebels in eastern Congo have killed scores and displaced hundreds of thousands of people. For years, eastern Congo has been plagued by conflict, with M23 one of …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

What’s happening in eastern Congo and why aid groups are warning of a new humanitarian crisis

Associated Press

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Aid organizations fear a new humanitarian crisis in the restive eastern Congo region, where the renowned armed rebel group M23 is in the midst of a new advance that threatens to cut off a major city and leave millions of people struggling for food and medical help. Eastern Congo has been beset by conflict for …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

What's happening in eastern Congo and why aid groups are warning of a new humanitarian crisis

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Aid organizations fear a new …

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M23 rebels take key town of Masisi as they advance in eastern DRC

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

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

Why this country is seeing a 'staggering' increase in the number of rapes

Years of war in Congo have created a dire mental health crisis. But little support is available

Congo’s humanitarian crisis helped mpox spiral again into a global health emergency

Children at risk as new mpox variant hits Congo displacement camps

As Rwanda votes, tensions with neighbouring DR Congo deepen over M23

A truce in Congo ends in a week. Aid groups say it could be a lost opportunity to help civilians

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

DRC tribunal sentences 25 soldiers to death for ‘fleeing the enemy’

Red Cross envoy: Congo conflict has worsened with sharp increases in sexual violence and wounded

AP PHOTOS: In the spirit of perseverance, artists flock to Congo’s biggest dance festival

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

M23 rebels seize key smartphone mineral mining town in eastern Congo

M23 rebels seize key smartphone mineral mining town in eastern Congo

Soldiers and militia turn on civilians in encircled DR Congo's Goma city

Eastern DRC ‘at breaking point’ as security, humanitarian crises worsen

Congo faces unprecedented crisis as violence displaces 250,000 in the last month, a UN official says

At least 10 people killed as rebels seize a town in Congo’s conflict-hit eastern region

A guide to the decades-long conflict in DR Congo

Why is fighting flaring in eastern Congo?

What’s happening in eastern Congo and why aid groups are warning of a new humanitarian crisis

What's happening in eastern Congo and why aid groups are warning of a new humanitarian crisis