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USAID Cancelled Rape Survivor Kits For Congo Amid Rising Conflict
US President Donald Trump's administration cancelled a major contract to supply emergency kits for rape survivors in Congo as violence surged in the east this year, leaving thousands without access to life-saving medication.
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UN Official Lauds Indian Troops For Thwarting Attack In Congo
Indian peacekeepers, as well as Blue Helmets from other nations, pushed back an attack by an armed group in Congo, a top UN official has said, lauding the peacekeepers' efforts and "proactive role" in countering these assaults on the civilian populat
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7 Dead In Troubled East Democratic Republic Of Congo
Suspected Rwandan rebels killed seven people overnight in a region of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that has been shaken by ethnic violence, local officials said today.
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Gunbattles Rock Brazzaville In Wake Of Disputed Congo Election
Gunbattles rocked the capital of Congo Republic on Monday, shattering a relative calm that had followed President Denis Sassou Nguesso's re-election in a disputed poll last month.
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UN Denies 5 Civilians Killed in UN Helicopter Attack in DR Congo
The United Nations on Thursday rejected accusations from a governor in the Democratic Republic of Congo that five civilians had been killed in a UN helicopter attack against rebel fighters this week.
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5 Killed in DR Congo Rebel Attack Near Beni
Five people were killed in a new attack blamed on Ugandan rebels near Beni in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said on Tuesday.
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Situation 'Catastrophic' in Congo's Restive Katanga: United Nations
Widespread violence has forced more than 71,000 people to flee their homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Katanga region in the past three months alone, the United Nations warned on Tuesday.
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Blamed on Ugandan Rebels, DR Congo Attack Kills 26: Army
Twenty six people have been killed in an attack on Beni, a major town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a Congolese army spokesman told AFP on Thursday.
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Congolese army, rebels clash for a second day, 19 dead
Two days of clashes between Congo's army and rebel fighters near the eastern city of Goma have killed at least 19 people, threatening an uneasy six-month peace just days before a scheduled visit by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
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Congo rebels push on after repelling counter-attack
Rebels in eastern Congo pushed south along Lake Kivu on Friday after repelling a counter-attack by government forces near the new rebel stronghold in the city of Goma on the Rwandan border
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USAID Cancelled Rape Survivor Kits For Congo Amid Rising Conflict
US President Donald Trump's administration cancelled a major contract to supply emergency kits for rape survivors in Congo as violence surged in the east this year, leaving thousands without access to life-saving medication.
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UN Official Lauds Indian Troops For Thwarting Attack In Congo
Indian peacekeepers, as well as Blue Helmets from other nations, pushed back an attack by an armed group in Congo, a top UN official has said, lauding the peacekeepers' efforts and "proactive role" in countering these assaults on the civilian populat
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7 Dead In Troubled East Democratic Republic Of Congo
Suspected Rwandan rebels killed seven people overnight in a region of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that has been shaken by ethnic violence, local officials said today.
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Gunbattles Rock Brazzaville In Wake Of Disputed Congo Election
Gunbattles rocked the capital of Congo Republic on Monday, shattering a relative calm that had followed President Denis Sassou Nguesso's re-election in a disputed poll last month.
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UN Denies 5 Civilians Killed in UN Helicopter Attack in DR Congo
The United Nations on Thursday rejected accusations from a governor in the Democratic Republic of Congo that five civilians had been killed in a UN helicopter attack against rebel fighters this week.
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5 Killed in DR Congo Rebel Attack Near Beni
Five people were killed in a new attack blamed on Ugandan rebels near Beni in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said on Tuesday.
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Situation 'Catastrophic' in Congo's Restive Katanga: United Nations
Widespread violence has forced more than 71,000 people to flee their homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Katanga region in the past three months alone, the United Nations warned on Tuesday.
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Blamed on Ugandan Rebels, DR Congo Attack Kills 26: Army
Twenty six people have been killed in an attack on Beni, a major town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a Congolese army spokesman told AFP on Thursday.
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Congolese army, rebels clash for a second day, 19 dead
Two days of clashes between Congo's army and rebel fighters near the eastern city of Goma have killed at least 19 people, threatening an uneasy six-month peace just days before a scheduled visit by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
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Congo rebels push on after repelling counter-attack
Rebels in eastern Congo pushed south along Lake Kivu on Friday after repelling a counter-attack by government forces near the new rebel stronghold in the city of Goma on the Rwandan border
