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Nine dead, 16 wounded in bomb blast in eastern DR Congo

The blast occurred on Wednesday in North Kivu province in the restive eastern DRC where multiple armed groups are based.

Al Jazeera

UAE signs deal to develop mines in eastern DR Congo

Agreement reached after DRC signs a 25-year contract with a UAE firm over export rights for artisanally mined ores.

Al Jazeera

Political killing in DRC casts a shadow over plans for December elections

Congolese former minister Chérubin Okende, a member of the opposition in parliament, was found dead in his car on Thursday. His murder puts a question mark over the possibility of democratic elections in December.

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Former minister and opposition MP found dead in Kinshasa

The Congolese former minister Cherubin Okende, who was until this week a member of the opposition in parliament, has been found dead in his car.

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DRC has one of the fastest growing populations in the world – why this isn't good news

The demographic profile of a country matters because it sets its development pace – it creates opportunities and presents risks. For many developing countries, the challenge is to manage a demographic profile that puts pressure on particular cohorts of people. One country that needs to manage this challenge is the…

The Conversation

DRC violence has many causes – the UN's narrow focus on ethnicity won't help end conflict

The UN Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of Congo’s 2023 mid-term report reduces the very complex causes of violence in the eastern part of the country to inter-communal violence. This widely disregards armed groups’ motivations to resort to violence.

The Conversation

Rwanda is not a safe country for refugees

Letter: Margaret Owen describes the county’s unemployment crisis, brutal suppression of opposition and unlawful invasion into neighbouring DRC

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Protecting Congo's forests: new timber parks will help fight illegal logging

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) joined the East African Community in 2022. This will offer the country, which has immense natural wealth, a huge market in neighbouring countries and direct access to new roads, railways and ports – and therefore potential global trade.

The Conversation

‘So many dead bodies’: Militia school attack haunts Ugandan town

The attack on a Uganda-DRC border town has left residents in mourning and their Muslim neighbours scared of reprisals.

Al Jazeera

Military interventions have failed to end DRC's conflict – what's gone wrong

For 30 years, the Democratic Republic of Congo has suffered from communal violence, armed conflict and insecurity. Diverse actors have tried to stop it but conflict has intensified, particularly in the eastern provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu, Ituri and Tanganyika. Regular armed forces and non-state armed groups have been…

The Conversation

Twenty suspects arrested over Uganda school massacre

Ugandan police say they have arrested 20 suspects believed of involvement in last Friday's school attack that killed 42 people, mostly students, in the country's west.

Radio France Internationale

Uganda school attack: What we know so far

Uganda reels from its deadliest attack in more than 10 years after a rebel group killed 41 civilians, mostly students.

Al Jazeera

Dozens killed, six abducted in attack on Uganda school

Ugandan forces launch ‘hot pursuit’ as they blame the ISIL-linked ADF for the deadly attack near DRC border.

Al Jazeera

HRW accuses M23 militia of rape, finds mass graves in DR Congo

The group says that M23’s killings and rapes in eastern DRC are bolstered by the military support of Rwandan officials.

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Opposition blames Tshisekedi for insecurity in DRC as over 50 people die in violence in the East

At least 46 people, half of them children, were killed in a militia attack on a camp for displaced people in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Radio France Internationale

UN peacekeeping mission in DRC is to withdraw 'as quickly as possible'

The top United Nations official Jean-Pierre Lacroix ended his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Wednesday saying that the peacekeepers should withdraw from the conflict-torn country "as quickly as possible".

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UK government under fire for investing overseas aid in fossil fuel firms

Taxpayer’s money also going to companies found to be flouting human rights in Kenya and DRC, says Commons committee

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‘We need peace’: M23 war displaces DRC residents yet again

For thousands of people in the eastern DRC, displacement in the latest M23 onslaught is another test of survival.

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Chancel Mbemba wins prize for best African footballer in French first division

The Marseille defender Chancel Mbemba was on Tuesday awarded the Prix Marc-Vivien Foé to hail his performances as the outstanding African player in the French top flight during the 2022/2023 season.

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DR Congo in discussions with Uganda over use of crude pipeline

The controversial pipeline is for transporting Uganda’s crude to foreign markets when it begins production in 2025.

France 24

Some 30,000 people arrive in Chad from Sudan

In tonight's edition: The number of Sudanese uprooted by war has doubled over the last week. Some 30,000 people have arrived in Chad. Also, in an exclusive investigation, our correspondents take a look inside of one of Guinea Bissau's only rehab centres. And in DR Congo, after an earthquake shook…

The Guardian - UK

More than 400 people now confirmed dead after flooding in DRC

About 5,500 people still missing after intense floods and landslides with thousands also left homeless, says MSF

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Southern African forces set to deploy in eastern DRC to quell M23 rebel militia

Southern African countries have agreed to deploy forces to help subdue violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where armed groups have terrorised civilians for decades.

France 24

Angola's Lourenco: 'I don't believe we will have a war between Rwanda and DR Congo'

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Angola's President Joao Lourenco said he did not think an all-out war between Rwanda and DR Congo was on the horizon. He said he was hopeful that his mediation efforts to restore peace in DR Congo's east would bear fruit. Lourenco explained that the…

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Clean energy often has dirty ethics based on human rights abuses

The switch away from fossil fuels to renewable energy is going hand-in-hand with a massive expansion of mining for essential minerals.

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