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US announces sanctions against armed group and companies profiting from conflict minerals in Congo

The U.S. government has sanctioned an armed group accused of illicit trading in minerals in eastern Congo

The Independent UK

Ugandan army deploys to town in northeast DR Congo amid fears of wider conflict

The Ugandan army confirmed Sunday it has sent troops to another town in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo to fight local armed groups, amid fears a raging conflict could spiral into a wider war.

Radio France Internationale

Rwanda-backed M23 fighters resume attacks in DR Congo after two-day pause

Fighters continue advancing on South Kivu province despite ceasefire calls from regional leaders.

Al Jazeera

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Six Chinese nationals mining for gold killed in Congo militia attack

Beijing says several Chinese citizens missing after attack

The Independent UK

More than 40 killed in militia attack on camp in Congo

More than 40 civilians have been killed in a militia attack on a camp for displaced people in Democratic Republic of Congo's Ituri province.

The New Daily

"Sometimes I feel like I’m stretched far too thin" says conflict photographer

Winner of the SWPA documentary category Hugh Kinsella Cunningham reflects on documenting the chaos in Congo

Digital Camera World

Over 800,000 people could flee unrest in Sudan, UN says

In tonight's edition: The UN's World Food Programme resumes its operations in Sudan, but the conflict continues amid a little-respected truce extension and warnings of a humanitarian catastrophe. Also, Senegal registers the first death from a closely watched outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. Plus, extremist fighters from the CODECO militia…

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Rebel attacks deepen displacement crisis in DRC’s Ituri province

Attacks by CODECO militia, one of 120 rebel groups in the eastern DRC, have displaced hundreds of thousands of people.

Al Jazeera

Rebel attacks deepen displacement crisis in Congo's Ituri

One month since rebels closed in on Drodro village in eastern Congo, the once bustling wards of its hospital are empty and Doctor James Semire strolls the darkened corridors wondering when patients will dare to return.

Reuters

Dozens killed in Democratic Republic of the Congo village attacks

‘We’re tired of it,’ say residents facing ongoing violence in the Ituri province, near the border with Uganda.

Al Jazeera

Who are the armed groups ravaging the eastern DRCongo?

The United Nations Security Council has "strongly condemned" violence perpetrated by armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo and has demanded that militia groups disband. Which militia are involved, and who controls them?

Radio France Internationale

East Congo militants kill at least 22 in string of attacks - officials

Suspected militants killed at least 22 people in a string of attacks across the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern Ituri and North Kivu provinces overnight Saturday, officials and activists said on Sunday.

Reuters

At least 32 civilians killed in eastern Congo, says the U.N.

The United Nations says at least 32 civilians were killed by rebel groups in eastern Congo’s Ituri province

The Independent UK

UN peacekeepers discover mass graves in Ituri province

In tonight's edition: More attacks are blamed on the CODECO militia group in eastern DR Congo, as mass graves are found by UN peacekeepers in Ituri province. Also, we see how a groundbreaking study in Niger that has more than halved the number of women bleeding to death in childbirth…

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UN peacekeepers find mass graves in eastern Congo

Mass graves containing 49 bodies have been discovered in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said on Thursday, attributing the killings to an ethnic militia group.

Reuters

Fifteen killed, hundreds of houses burned in eastern Congo attack

Suspected militiamen carrying guns and knives killed at least 15 people and burned hundreds of houses during an attack overnight on a market in a town in eastern Congo, local officials and a resident said on Friday.

The Independent UK

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

UN official says security situation in country has deteriorated due to intensified attacks against civilians

Al Jazeera

UN envoy warns of spiralling DRC conflict

Human rights groups are reporting grave human rights abuses, including women being forced to cook and eat human flesh.

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Woman made to cook and eat human flesh, Congo group tells U.N.

A Congolese woman was kidnapped twice by militants in the Democratic Republic of Congo, repeatedly raped and forced to cook and eat human flesh, a Congolese rights group told the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday.

Al Jazeera

What is the latest conflict in the DR Congo about?

The Norwegian Refugee Council has declared the situation in DR Congo to be the world’s most neglected refugee crisis.

Reuters

Militiamen kill 12 in east Congo village raid

Militiamen killed 12 people in a night raid on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo near the shore of Lake Albert, a local human rights group said on Tuesday.

Al Jazeera

DR Congo: Soldiers, civilians sentenced to death for selling arms

Those sentenced were found guilty of criminal association, war crimes, and participating in an insurrectional movement.

Al Jazeera

DR Congo: Rebels carry out deadly attack on refugee camp in Ituri

The overnight attack was carried out by rebels on a displaced persons camp outside the town of Fataki, army says.

Reuters

At least 14 dead in east Congo refugee camp attack

At least 14 people were killed in an overnight attack on a displaced persons camp in east Democratic Republic of Congo's Ituri province, the latest violence in an area overrun by militants, the army and a civil society leader said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Dozens dead after suspected militia raid in eastern Congo

Dozens of people were killed and many more are missing after armed men raided a mining encampment near the town of Mongwalu in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern Ituri province on Sunday, three civil society leaders said.

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