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The global approach to serious crimes is shifting to domestic trials – here’s what I found in three African countries

Domestic trials of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes are considered quicker, cheaper and more responsive to victims’ needs than the International Criminal Court’s trials in The Hague.

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DR Congo President Tshisekedi seeks withdrawal of UN peacekeepers this year

Tshisekedi’s pronouncement comes weeks after the East African Community extended the mandate of a regional force in DRC.

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Mining of cobalt, copper in DRC leading to human rights abuses: Report

Expansion of industrial-scale mines has led to forced evictions, Amnesty International says.

Al Jazeera

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East Africa leaders extend regional troop mandate in DR Congo

Soldiers to stay until December 8 as local opposition grows to peacekeepers and tensions between DRC and Rwanda simmer.

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Two officers arrested over DR Congo crackdown as death toll rises to 56

Security forces used lethal force last week to repress planned anti-UN protests in the city of Goma.

Al Jazeera

DRC: rising Twirwaneho rebel group highlights the unending volatility of the country's east

The three-decade conflict in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has led to the proliferation of hundreds of armed groups. With the violence appearing to take an ethnic slant, several groups have emerged claiming to be protecting their communities from attacks. One such group is the…

The Conversation

Conflict blamed for DRC’s worst cholera outbreak in six years

As violence and displacement worsens in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the country’s children are facing the worst cholera outbreak since 2017.

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PHOTOS: Global heat hacks, from jazzy umbrellas in DRC to ice beans in Singapore

We asked photographers around the world to make pictures of how the locals cope with this year's record heat. They created some really cool images.

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Long road for DRC as it renegotiates minerals deal with China

A massive "resource for infrastructure" deal between China and the Democratic Republic of Congo has been criticised by Kinshasa as too favourable to Beijing. President Felix Tshisekedi was there in May to rebalance the contract. Three months later, Congolese civil society groups are upset over what they call a lack…

Radio France Internationale

MobileODT Partners With Cingulate Medical For Cancer Screening Program In The DRC

Tel Aviv-based FemTech company MobileODT and Cingulate Medical collaborate to launch a large-scale cancer screening initiative in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

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Why is the DRC wasting precious resources on an outdated testament to French colonial power?

As Le Jeux de la Francophonie begin in Kinshasa, questions must be asked about the event’s value and France’s role in African affairs, writes Vava Tampa

The Guardian - UK

Nine dead, 16 wounded in bomb blast in eastern DR Congo

The blast occurred on Wednesday in North Kivu province in the restive eastern DRC where multiple armed groups are based.

Al Jazeera

UAE signs deal to develop mines in eastern DR Congo

Agreement reached after DRC signs a 25-year contract with a UAE firm over export rights for artisanally mined ores.

Al Jazeera

Political killing in DRC casts a shadow over plans for December elections

Congolese former minister Chérubin Okende, a member of the opposition in parliament, was found dead in his car on Thursday. His murder puts a question mark over the possibility of democratic elections in December.

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Former minister and opposition MP found dead in Kinshasa

The Congolese former minister Cherubin Okende, who was until this week a member of the opposition in parliament, has been found dead in his car.

The Conversation

DRC has one of the fastest growing populations in the world – why this isn't good news

The demographic profile of a country matters because it sets its development pace – it creates opportunities and presents risks. For many developing countries, the challenge is to manage a demographic profile that puts pressure on particular cohorts of people. One country that needs to manage this challenge is the…

The Conversation

DRC violence has many causes – the UN's narrow focus on ethnicity won't help end conflict

The UN Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of Congo’s 2023 mid-term report reduces the very complex causes of violence in the eastern part of the country to inter-communal violence. This widely disregards armed groups’ motivations to resort to violence.

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Rwanda is not a safe country for refugees

Letter: Margaret Owen describes the county’s unemployment crisis, brutal suppression of opposition and unlawful invasion into neighbouring DRC

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Protecting Congo's forests: new timber parks will help fight illegal logging

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) joined the East African Community in 2022. This will offer the country, which has immense natural wealth, a huge market in neighbouring countries and direct access to new roads, railways and ports – and therefore potential global trade.

Al Jazeera

‘So many dead bodies’: Militia school attack haunts Ugandan town

The attack on a Uganda-DRC border town has left residents in mourning and their Muslim neighbours scared of reprisals.

The Conversation

Military interventions have failed to end DRC's conflict – what's gone wrong

For 30 years, the Democratic Republic of Congo has suffered from communal violence, armed conflict and insecurity. Diverse actors have tried to stop it but conflict has intensified, particularly in the eastern provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu, Ituri and Tanganyika. Regular armed forces and non-state armed groups have been…

Radio France Internationale

Twenty suspects arrested over Uganda school massacre

Ugandan police say they have arrested 20 suspects believed of involvement in last Friday's school attack that killed 42 people, mostly students, in the country's west.

Al Jazeera

Uganda school attack: What we know so far

Uganda reels from its deadliest attack in more than 10 years after a rebel group killed 41 civilians, mostly students.

Al Jazeera

Dozens killed, six abducted in attack on Uganda school

Ugandan forces launch ‘hot pursuit’ as they blame the ISIL-linked ADF for the deadly attack near DRC border.

Al Jazeera

HRW accuses M23 militia of rape, finds mass graves in DR Congo

The group says that M23’s killings and rapes in eastern DRC are bolstered by the military support of Rwandan officials.

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