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Dozens killed during attempt to break out of DR Congo’s largest prison

At least 129 people were killed as prisoners tried to break out of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s largest prison, which is chronically overcrowded.

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Attempted jailbreak in DR Congo turns deadly

Several people have reportedly been killed during an attempted prison break in DR Congo. Gunshots rang out overnight at Makala prison in Kinshasa. It's the country's largest incarceration facility and has long been dangerously overcrowded.

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DR Congo: One year on, Goma protest survivors say justice has not been done

In DR Congo, it’s been one year since soldiers cracked down on a religious sect that had been planning an anti-UN protest, shooting 56 people dead. But survivors say justice has not been done. Our correspondent reports.

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Goma protest survivors say justice has not been done

It’s been a year since soldiers in Democratic Republic of Congo shot dead 56 people at an anti-UN protest. Several officers were sentenced for the killings. But on the anniversary, survivors say justice has not been done. Also in the programme, the US-Africa Nuclear Energy Summit is taking place in…

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DRC prosecutors seek death penalty for 50 defendants after coup attempt

Prosecutors in the Democratic Republic of Congo are calling for 50 defendants, including three Americans, to face the death penalty over what the army says was a coup attempt in May.

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Mpox Cases Rise In DR Congo As Country Awaits Vaccines

Cases of the mpox virus are rising in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as the central African country awaits vaccines from the United States and Japan, the health minister said on Monday.

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WHO declares second mpox international health emergency

The World Health Organization has declared an international health emergency around the surge of Mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries, sounding its highest alarm over the spread of the virus for the second time since 2022.

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WHO declares monkeypox a global public health emergency

The World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global public health emergency on Wednesday for the second time since 2022. Following a major outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo that quickly spread to neighbouring countries, the WHO's highest level of alert will allow for more funding and research to help…

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Africa Centres for Disease Control sounds alarm over mpox outbreak

Africa's main public health body has declared a continental emergency over an agressive strain of the mpox virus. Tens of thousands of people have been infected in an outbreak that began in Democratic Republic of Congo last September and has since spread to neighbouring countries. The head of CDC has…

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Africa's top health body declares monkeypox a 'public health emergency'

Mpox, the high infectious disease that used to be called monkeypox, has been declared a “public health emergency of continental security” by Africa’s top health body over an outbreak that spread from the Democratic Republic of Congo to neighbouring countries.

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Slim prospects for peace as DRC-Rwanda ceasefire comes into effect

Peace and security in the mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is still a distant prospect despite a ceasefire that took effect Sunday between M23 rebels and government forces.

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UN welcomes DRC and Rwanda ceasefire, hopes for de-escalation of troops

The United Nations has welcomed a ceasefire agreed between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda in eastern DRC and said it hoped the deal could lead to a "de-escalation" of hostilities, a spokesperson said.

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DRC conflict risks spreading: African leaders must push for solutions beyond military intervention

In response to the deepening crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the United Nations Security Council established a panel of independent experts in 2023 to examine the situation and provide it with options to address the conflict. In June 2024, the UN released the panel’s final report.

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Rwanda-backed Rebels, DRC Begin Two-week 'Humanitarian Truce'

A two-week humanitarian truce between Kinshasa and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels began on Friday in the Democratic Republic of Congo's war-scarred east.

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Soldiers in DR Congo condemned to death for 'fleeing the enemy'

Twenty-five soldiers with the Democratic Republic of Congo's army have been sentenced to death on charges of "fleeing the enemy" during battles with notorious Tutsi-led M23 rebels.

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Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seize key town in east DRC

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized Kanyabayonga – a strategic town in the Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile east, a local official told French news agency AFP on Saturday.

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DRC's new PM and parliament sworn in after months of delay

The Democratic Republic of Congo held a session to swear in its new Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka and her government on Tuesday, ending more than six months of deadlock following President Felix Tshisekedi's re-election.

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DR Congo names new government after months of delay

The Democratic Republic of Congo unveiled a new government on Wednesday, ending more than five months of deadlock following President Felix Tshisekedi's re-election.

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DRC army says it foiled attempted coup involving US citizens

The Democratic Republic of Congo's military said it has killed the leader of an attempted coup, thwarting a plot that involved some 50 people – both foreigners and Congolese.

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US and DRC's partners call on Rwanda to punish forces over attack

The United States has called on Rwanda to punish forces behind an attack in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Both Kinshasa and the US accuse Kigali of meddling in DRC's affairs.

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US Blames Rwanda For Deadly Attack On Displaced Camp In DR Congo

The United States has accused Rwanda of involvement in a deadly attack on a camp for displaced people in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a claim dismissed as "absurd" by Kigali on Saturday.

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DR Congo accuses Apple of using 'blood minerals'

The Democratic Republic of Congo has threatened Apple of legal action. Its lawyers accuse the tech giant of buying minerals smuggled from eastern Congo from mines, where human rights are violated by rebels,... into neighbouring Rwanda. Congo’s government is questioning Apple about its knowledge of what it's calling“blood minerals”.

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DR Congo Accuses Apple Of Using 'Blood Minerals' From War-torn East

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is accusing Apple of using "illegally exploited" minerals extracted from the country's embattled east in its products, lawyers representing the African country said Thursday.

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Crisis In The Democratic Republic Of Congo: Urgent Humanitarian Needs

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Violence in eastern Congo has displaced millions. Some end up at this camp

The Nkamira Transit Center is home to thousands of refugees who fled violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The decades-long conflict is a legacy of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

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