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The Latest Breaking News from Congo

DR Congo jets bomb M23 rebel targets in east, official says

Air strikes carried out after M23 rebels seize territory, displacing at least 90,000 people in the past month.

Al Jazeera · Nov 8, 2022

Official: Congo war planes bombing M23 rebel targets

Congolese fighter jets have begun bombing rebel targets in the country’s embattled east as the military steps up its fight against the M23 group

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2022

Congo trains 3,000 new army recruits amid Rwanda tensions

Congo's military says some 3,000 people have stepped forward to join the military's fight against M23 rebels in the country's east

The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2022

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DR Congo violates Rwanda airspace in "provocation", government says

A fighter jet of the Democratic Republic of Congo's military violated Rwandan airspace on Monday, Rwanda's government said, calling the incident an act of provocation amid efforts to de-escalate tensions between the two neighbours.

Reuters · Nov 7, 2022

Congo and Rwanda hold talks to resolve conflict in eastern Congo

Officials from Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda held talks on Saturday aimed at ending a political stand-off between the two countries caused by widespread conflict near their shared border.

Reuters · Nov 6, 2022

In Africa's monkeypox outbreak, sickness and death go undetected, threatening more flare-ups across the continent and globally

At a village clinic in central Democratic Republic of Congo, six-year-old Angelika Lifafu grips her dress and screams as nurses treat the boils that trouble her delicate skin. She is one of the many victims of an outbreak there that is believed to be far worse than the official records…

ABC News · Nov 6, 2022

Last year's deforestation pledge is off to a slow start

One year after more than 140 countries pledged to halt all deforestation by 2030, little has been done to finance protections or pass new conservation laws, experts say.

Reuters · Nov 5, 2022

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Kenya sends troops to DRC to join regional anti-rebel operation

Kenya's president said on Wednesday that his country is deploying troops to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to join a new operation against a rebel offensive.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 2, 2022

Kenya deploys troops to Congo to help end decades of bloodshed

Kenya's President William Ruto on Wednesday officially deployed troops to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to join an East African regional force aiming to end decades of bloodshed.

Reuters · Nov 2, 2022

‘Carbon timebomb’: climate crisis threatens to destroy Congo peatlands

Vast carbon store may be close to point where it could flip from absorbing CO2 to releasing it, research shows

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2022

Angry crowds set fire to UN vehicles in eastern Congo

Angry crowds in eastern Congo have set fire to U.N. vehicles as frustrations mount over the advance of M23 rebels

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2022

Fighting in DRC's North Kivu leads to mass displacement of population

Intense fighting in DR Congo's North Kivu province is leading to major population displacement. We take a closer look. But first, Algeria hosts its first Arab League summit since the Covid-19 pandemic. Food security, political turmoil in Libya and Sudan and the Nile dam dispute are on the agenda. Finally,…

France 24 · Nov 1, 2022

UN peacekeepers in Congo make 'strategic withdrawal' from key military base

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday said its troops had made a strategic withdrawal from the eastern military base of Rumangabo, ceding ground in the battle against the M23 rebel group.

Reuters · Nov 1, 2022

Sale of oil and gas permits casts shadow over world’s second-largest rainforest

Villagers in the Congo basin rely on the forest for food, medicine and spiritual wellbeing, but an auction of exploration rights could threaten that way of life

The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2022

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The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2022

West accused of double standards over oil and gas exploration in DRC

Calls by countries such as UK and US to halt auction for drilling permits in the world’s second-largest rainforest branded ‘galling’

Reuters · Oct 31, 2022

Anti-Rwanda protests break out in east Congo as Kinshasa recalls envoy

Thousands joined anti-Rwanda protests in the east Congolese city of Goma on Monday, denouncing Rwanda's alleged support of M23 rebels as Kinshasa recalled its interim acting ambassador from Kigali in a further souring of relations.

Reuters · Oct 31, 2022

In Africa's monkeypox outbreak, sickness and death go undetected

At a village clinic in central Congo, separated from the world by a tangle of waterways and forests, six-year-old Angelika Lifafu grips her dress and screams as nurses in protective suits pick at one of hundreds of boils that trouble her delicate skin.

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2022

Rwanda criticizes expulsion of its ambassador from Congo

Rwanda’s government is accusing neighboring Congo of escalating tensions between the two countries

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Radio France Internationale · Oct 30, 2022

Endangered elephants ‘eavesdrop’ on poachers in Republic of the Congo

Critically endangered forest elephants use their acute senses of hearing and smell to detect poachers while they are still some distance away and well before they have fired a shot, a new study suggests.

Reuters · Oct 29, 2022

Congo expells Rwandan ambassador in retaliation for alleged rebel support

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has given Rwandan ambassador Vincent Karenga 48 hours to leave the country in retaliation for Rwanda's alleged support of M23 rebels fighting in the Congo's eastern provinces, government spokesman Patrick Muyaya said on Saturday.

The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2022

Official: M23 rebels capture 2 more towns in eastern Congo

A local official in eastern Congo says M23 rebels have managed to seize control of two major towns following fierce clashes with the military

Reuters · Oct 29, 2022

Congo's M23 rebels capture North Kivu town, UN peacekeepers wounded

Fighters from the M23 rebel group seized the town of Kiwanja in eastern Congo on Saturday, residents and a local official said, effectively cutting North Kivu's capital Goma off from the upper half of the province.

The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2022

Renewed clashes in east Congo send residents fleeing

Renewed clashes between government soldiers and M23 rebels have forced more people from their homes in eastern Congo

Reuters · Oct 24, 2022

M23 rebels clash with army in renewed east Congo fighting

Fighters from Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebel group launched an offensive in eastern North Kivu province last week, spurring fresh fighting with the army in which four civilians were killed, the army said late on Sunday.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 21, 2022

Africa Awaits Promised Renaissance

On the eastern bank of the river Congo lies Kinshasa, Africa’s third largest capital city after Cairo and Lagos. Kinshasa had long been billed as one of the top cities that would lead Africa’s renaissance, which now appears even more out of reach than before due to massive debts and…

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