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Fresh ethnic violence in DRC causes several deaths

Twenty-three people have been killed in renewed clashes between ethnic groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo's troubled east, according to an official toll on Wednesday.

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.

251 killed in DR Congo’s Kasai, 62 children among dead

The UN on Friday detailed more than 250 "extrajudicial or targeted killings" in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Kasai region from mid-March to mid-June,...

Thousands of children displaced by Kasai violence

An estimated 850,000 children have been forced to flee fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Kasai provinces, the UN's children's agency Unicef says. This...

Congo to register voters in conflict-ravaged Kasai

The head of Congo's election commission said on Thursday that better security in the conflict-ravaged Kasai region had enabled preparations for a delayed election...

UN names experts to probe DRC massacres

The United Nations named three international experts on Wednesday to investigate atrocities in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, some of...

38 more mass graves identified in Congo’s Kasai region

Another 38 probable mass graves have been discovered in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the country's troubled central region of Kasai, the United...

DRC soldiers convicted for massacre in disputed Kasai region

A Democratic Republic of Congo court convicted seven soldiers on Thursday for the murder of suspected militia members in the country's insurrection-ravaged Kasai region. The...

Congo to investigate ex-minister’s alleged role in Kasai violence

Parliament in the Democratic Republic of Congo has authorised the state prosecutor to probe alleged involvement by a former minister in violence rocking the...

UN accuses Congo-backed militia of mutilating toddlers

The government-backed Bana Mura militia in Congo has committed horrific crimes in ethnically-motivated attacks in the past few months, including cutting off toddlers' limbs...

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