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5 things to know about the fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels say they are now in control of the key eastern Congolese city of Goma. Their fighters continue to ...
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‘Areas Essential to the Global Climate Are Being Threatened by Economic Projects’
CIVICUS discusses activism against oil auctions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with François Kamate, founder and coordinator of the young environmental volunteer movement Extinction ...
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What is the fighting in Democratic Republic of Congo about - and is Rwanda invading?
Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) risks spilling over into a regional war, it is feared, as Rwanda-backed rebels claim to have captured the key city of Goma. The leader of a rebel ...
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Rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo say they have taken key city of Goma
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has severed diplomatic ties with Rwanda, accusing it of fuelling the rebellion. At least 13 soldiers serving with peacekeeping forces in the DRC have been ...
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Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo capture Goma
Jan. 27 (UPI) --Ethnic-Tutsi rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo were reported to have taken the key eastern city of Goma in fierce fighting with government forces that sent streams of ...
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New study assesses threat to wildlife from cacao expansion in Congo Basin
Cacao cultivation is a major threat to the Congo Basin rainforest, with new research showing just where expanding cultivation ...
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U.N. chief warns of rebel advances in Democratic Republic of Congo
Jan. 24 (UPI) --Advances being made by the M23 rebel group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are "heightening the threat of a regional war," according to U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
Patient zero: How one doctor helped uncover the origin of the DRC’s mpox outbreak
What he didn’t know then was that the man, who ran a bar-come-brothel, was ‘patient zero’ in an outbreak of a new, more dangerous strain of mpox called clade 1b, which would trigger a global health ...
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DR Congo: What you need to know about the conflict
The volatile situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo has a long history. Here's what you need to know. Surging violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has ignited fears of large ...
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Violence erupts in mineral-rich DR Congo as rebels move into key city. Here’s what we know
A report by the UN Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of Congo, released in December, revealed that “at least 150 tons of coltan were fraudulently exported to Rwanda and mixed with ...
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Fighting malaria in the DRC: the war against infectious diseases
Bryony Cottam meets a doctor dedicated to combating malaria and other deadly diseases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
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Rwandan-backed rebels enter Congo's Goma in major escalation
Roughly the size of Western Europe, the Democratic Republic of Congo is home to 100 million people, and its plentiful mineral supplies have long been coveted by Chinese and Western companies as ...