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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 …

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

CODECO rebel attack kills 15 people in eastern DR Congo

Violence has been on the rise in the conflict-hit eastern DR Congo in recent weeks as multiple armed groups wreak havoc. Armed rebels have killed 15 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s troubled Ituri province, local sources said on Sunday, in the second such attack in days. CODECO fighters ambushed users of a road near the village of Tali …

3 dead in bombing attack on Congo displacement camp as violence in the east escalates

Congo rebel group kills at least 19 people in attack on eastern town

KINSHASA, Congo — At least 19 people were killed when rebels attacked a town in Congo’s North Kivu province, the army said late Thursday, the latest violence in the country’s conflict-battered east. The rebels shelled the town of Mweso, where they “indiscriminately dropped mortar bombs,” which also injured 27 other civilians, army spokesman Lt. Col. Guillaume N’djike Kaïko said in …

Rebel attacks in restive northeastern Congo kill at least 21 people over the weekend, officials say

KINSHASA, Congo — Rebel groups, including one with ties to the Islamic State group, killed at least 21 people in restive northeastern Congo over the weekend, local officials said Monday. Isaac Kibira, deputy delegate of the governor in the Central African nation’s northeastern Bwito township, said the victims in one attack were shot and killed early Sunday by members of …

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Rwanda says Congolese soldiers attack its border army post

Congo govt raises toll from attack in east to more than 270

BENI, Congo — Congo’s government dramatically increased the death toll from a massacre last week they blamed on M23 rebels, saying Monday that 270 people had been killed in an attack that broke a fragile cease-fire agreement. “We are asking the population to be calm and that these M23s will pay for these attacks.” The Congolese government initially accused 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 …

M23 rebels attack military positions in eastern DR Congo

The clashes were reported near the villages of Tshanzu and Runyoni, about 50km northeast of Goma. Fighters from a rebel group attacked an army position in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s conflict-torn east overnight, triggering heavy fighting, a local official and a witness have said. “I confirm the attack since last night on our positions,” Muhindo Luanzo, assistant to the …