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4 soldiers killed central Congo attack

Suspected militia fighters killed four Congolese soldiers in a hit-and-run attack on a military post in troubled Kasai-Central province’s capital, Kananga, U.N.-funded radio reported on Sunday.

DRC: UN experts’ murder mastermind suspect arrested

Congolese military officials have announced the arrest of a man believed to have ordered the killing of two UN investigators in 2017.

UN peacekeepers killed in eastern DRC attack

The United Nations has confirmed that at least 14 of its peacekeepers have been killed and over 50 others wounded when they came under attack in eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

DRC: 33 deaths recorded in train accident

Up to 33 people were feared dead Sunday in the Democratic Republic of Congo after a freight train carrying fuel plunged into a ravine.

Congo militiamen on trial for raping children

Eighteen people, including a provincial lawmaker, went on trial in eastern Congo on Thursday for the rapes of dozens of children, victims’ rights activists said.

Eastern Congo rebels to march on Kinshasa

A rebel spokesman in eastern Congo said on Friday that his movement intended to march across the country to the capital Kinshasa to depose President Joseph Kabila, who refused to quit power at the end of his mandate last year.

Congo to punish killers of U.N. experts

The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Joseph Kabila has assured the United Nations that killers of two UN investigators in the central African country will be punished.

Congo flood kills over 10, 92 missing

Flooding in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed at least 10 people with local officials saying on Wednesday that 92 others have gone missing.

DRC: Police fire tear gas at opposition party supporters

Police fired tear gas to disperse supporters of Democratic Republic of Congo’s opposition chief on Sunday as they gathered in the capital amid high tensions over election delays keeping President Joseph Kabila in power, a Reuters witness said.

Landslide in northeast DRC kills 40

40 people have been killed in a landslide in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday. The incident happened in a fishing village on the banks of Lake Albert, according to officials in the country.

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