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Islamic State-linked rebels have killed 89 civilians in multiple attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s Lubero territory, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Central African country said on Friday. CBC | World News
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Ebola outbreak in Congo shows signs of containment, WHO says
The Ebola outbreak in Congo shows signs of containment, with no new confirmed or probable cases since the World Health Organization’s last update on Oct. 1. CBC | World News
Read More »Islamic State-linked rebels attack funeral in east Congo, killing more than 50
Allied Democratic Forces rebels with machetes and guns killed more than 50 civilians at a funeral in east Congo, the latest big attack by the Islamic State-linked group, officials said. CBC | World News
Read More »Africa’s most dangerous country in 2025 so far and it’s not Congo or Somalia – full list
Africa’s most dangerous country is one visited by hundreds of thousands of Brits every year. Daily Express :: Travel Feed
Read More »Congo, M23 rebels pledge to reach peace deal next month
Congo and the M23 rebel group on Saturday pledged to sign a peace agreement by Aug. 18, a sign of progress even as outstanding details need to be negotiated. Representatives for both sides were at a ceremony in Doha following months of Qatari mediation. CBC | World News
Read More »What a Rwanda-DR Congo peace agreement could mean for their conflict and the U.S.
Officials from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo signed a peace agreement in the White House on Friday, aiming to end a complex and long-running conflict. The peace deal, brokered by the U.S., includes American access to critical minerals in the DR Congo. CBC | World News
Read More »Congo, Rwanda sign peace deal to end fighting — and help U.S. access critical minerals
Congo and Rwanda on Friday signed a peace deal facilitated by the U.S. to help end the decades-long deadly fighting in eastern Congo while helping the U.S. government and American companies gain access to critical minerals in the region. CBC | World News
Read More »A boat capsizes in Congo and 25 are dead, many of them soccer players
A boat has capsized in southwestern Congo and killed 25 people, many of them soccer players, authorities said Monday. CBC | World News
Read More »Rwanda calls Canada’s export permit, business suspension over Congo war ‘shameful’
Rwanda said on Tuesday that Canada’s position on the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was ‘shameful,’ adding that measures announced by Ottawa against Kigali would not solve the conflict. CBC | World News
Read More »At least 7,000 have died in Congo this year, country’s PM tells UN’s human rights council
Some 7,000 people have died since January in fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the prime minister of the DRC told a high-level meeting of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, with combatants and civilians among the dead. CBC | World News
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