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USAID employees detail harrowing exits from DR Congo amid violence as Trump administration dismantles agency
KVIA - Texas
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February 13, 2025
By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — US Agency for International Development employees this week recounted the panic they experienced in the days after they were ordered to return from their assignments in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Several...
M23 pushes deeper into east DRC as UN voices concern
Kuwait Times
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February 23, 2025
UNITED NATIONS: M23 fighters advanced on several fronts in DR Congo’s volatile east Friday as the UN Security Council for the first time called on Rwanda to stop backing the armed group and halt the bloodshed. The M23 movement, supported by some...
Humanitarian catastrophe looms in east Congo as rebels push south, official says
Polity
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February 13, 2025
The advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels into Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province threatens to trigger a humanitarian catastrophe in an area already housing thousands of displaced people, the provincial governor said. The Tutsi-led...
M23’s capture of Goma is the latest chapter in eastern Congo’s long-running war
The Conversation
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February 12, 2025
At a recent summit in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, leaders of eight African states released a statement calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The statement comes after a flareup in fighting in...
Mystery illness worries doctors after 50 people die in Congo within hours of symptoms
The Independent
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February 25, 2025
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Over 2,500 Schools Affected By Ongoing Congo Conflict: Minister
MENAFN
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March 5, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Kinshasa, March 5 (IANS) More than 2,500 schools have been affected by an ongoing conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), one senior official said. Raissa Malu, state Minister in charge of national education,...
Unknown illness kills more than 50 people in Congo within hours of first symptoms
The Independent
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February 25, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Many of DR Congo's Lebanese forced to flee as violence continues
The New Arab
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February 11, 2025
A member of the Congolese Red Cross stands at the entrance of a cemetery after burying bodies of the victims of the recent clashes in Goma on 3 February 2025. [Getty] Ali Salama had left to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2010 in pursuit...
As Rwanda-Backed Insurgents Wage War in Congo, Western Nations Stay Silent
Truthout
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February 20, 2025
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 insurgents, who have already taken two key cities in the mineral-rich eastern part of the country, is triggering panic. Reports of the surge describe widespread looting,...
Crisis deepens in eastern Congo as M23 rebels advance on Bukavu
Firstpost
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February 12, 2025
On Tuesday, the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group in the Democratic Republic of Congo threatened to move on the provincial seat of Bukavu, alleging a “dangerously deteriorating” scenario, as Congo rejected a proposal for direct negotiations with...
AU, stop the DR Congo carnage – Punch
The Citizen (Nigeria)
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February 11, 2025
The African Union is in deep slumber as the Democratic Republic of Congo bleeds. Over 900 people were reported killed in Goma, the largest city in the country’s eastern part, in five days of fighting between the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels and the...
'They took all the women here': Rape survivors recall horror of DR Congo jailbreak
BBC
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February 25, 2025
Orla GuerinBBC News, Goma Warning: This article contains distressing content, including descriptions of rape, from the start. "He told me that if I tried to escape, he would kill me." Pascaline, 22, recalls the words of her rapist at a prison in...
World Tour: Challenges in the Congo
World - North Carolina
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March 5, 2025
LINDSAY MAST, HOST: Coming up next on The World and Everything in It: A World Tour special report. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is in crisis. Rebels on the move, Christians under attack, and a health mystery unfolding. MYRNA BROWN, HOST:...
UN: M23 rebels abduct over 130 from hospitals in eastern DR Congo
Euronews
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The abductions come as the Rwanda-backed group continues its rapid military expansion in eastern DR Congo, seizing key cities and escalating one of the most intense conflicts in over a decade. The M23 rebels forcibly removed at least 130 sick and...
Mystery illness kills 53 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Euronews
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In most cases, those falling ill were dead around 48 hours after the onset of symptoms. An unknown illness has killed more than 50 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to doctors in the country and global health...
Mystery disease death toll rises and cases soar above 1000 as WHO suggests potential cause from ‘water source’
The Sun
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March 3, 2025
AT least 60 people have died of a 'mystery disease' in northwestern Congo. The World Health Organisation (WHO) said Friday it’s too early to draw conclusions but the possibility of poisoning is being investigated. 3 Men sit outside the general...
Violence erupts in mineral-rich DR Congo as rebels move into key city
Kaieteur News
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February 10, 2025
Feb 10, 2025 News (CNN) —A rebel alliance claimed the capture of the biggest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich eastern region this week, pushing back against resistance from government troops backed by regional and UN...
Rwanda faces calls to stop rebel advance in east DR Congo
Dawn
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February 22, 2025
GOMA: M23 fighters on Friday advanced further on several fronts in DR Congo’s volatile east as international pressure mounted on Rwanda to stop backing the armed group and halt the fighting. The M23 — which is supported by some 4,000 Rwandan...
M23 pushes deeper in east DRC, UN urges Rwanda forces to leave
Barron News Shield - Wisconsin
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Rebels advanced on several fronts in DR Congo's volatile east Friday as the UN Security Council for the first time called on Rwanda to stop backing the M23 group and halt the bloodshed. The group, supported by some 4,000 Rwandan soldiers,...
World : Dr Congo, WHO Investigate Mysterious Illness Cluster As Death Toll Reaches 60
Bernama
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February 28, 2025
KINSHASA, Feb 28 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in cooperation with the World Health Organisation (WHO), are investigating a new cluster of illnesses and community deaths in Equateur Province,...