President cuts short Davos trip as DR Congo fighting rages
The Democratic Republic of Congo's president has cut short his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos as a deadly conflict ...
UN says Congo's M23 conflict could spark regional war
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that Congo's M23 conflict risks spiralling into a broader regional war as ...
M23 rebels battling Congo’s army close in on Goma as panic spreads among city’s 2 million people
Panic is spreading in Goma in eastern Congo as M23 rebels encircle the city, battling Congo’s army. Many civilians have been wounded in the crossfire, stretching the main hospital.
A rebel group is advancing on eastern Congo’s largest city and over 100,000 people have fled
The M23 rebel group is advancing toward eastern Congo’s largest city of Goma. The United Nations says this has displaced over ...
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UNHCR gravely concerned by worsening violence and humanitarian crisis in eastern DR Congo
UNHCR is gravely concerned about the safety and security of civilians and internally displaced people (IDPs) in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as conflict further intensifies ...
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The last patient receiving treatment for Ebola was recently discharged from an Ebola Treatment Centre in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The current outbreak of Ebola emerged in the ...
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WHO names likely source of ‘mystery disease’ in the Congo
malaria and acute malnutrition is most likely the source of what was initially thought to be a “mystery disease” in a remote area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the World Health ...
Rebels Backed by Rwanda Close In on Major City in Congo
Many Congolese see the rebel advance as an invasion of their country by a foreign power in an attempt to seize land and Congo’s valuable rare minerals.