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| Jan.4 |
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Thousands flee fighting
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| Jan.8 |
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Kabila murder: 26 death sentences A military court convicted and sentenced 26 people to death over the 2001 assassination of Congo President
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| Jan.15 |
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U.N.: Rebels guilty of murder, cannibalism| A U.N. investigation confirmed systematic cannibalism, rape, torture and killing by Congolese Liberation Movement | | |
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| Feb.6 |
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Tornado kills 164
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| Feb.13 |
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Ebola suspected in dozens of deaths
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| Feb.21 |
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'Ebola spell' teachers stoned
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| Feb.25 |
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Ebola outbreak controlled
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| Mar.20 |
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Massacres despite cease-fire
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| Mar.24 |
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Up to 150 drown as boat capsizes
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| Apr.5 |
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Hundreds killed by Ugandans and allies
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| Apr.6 |
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U.N. probe: almost 1000 dead in raids At least 966 people were killed in attacks carried out by men, women and children on more than a dozen villages
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| Apr.9 |
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Ebola death toll reaches 120 135 cases had been recorded since the virus struck in January
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| Apr.10 |
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Uganda to pull out of Congo Troops should leave by April 24, the presidents of 5 African nations decided at a summit
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| May.7 |
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Fears of genocide build Under pressure Uganda is withdrawing its troops. Renewed ethnic fighting and civilian slaughter could erupt
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| May.9 |
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Passengers sucked out of plane| The doors opened as the pressure system broke down. 129 people are presumed dead | | |
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| May.10 |
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U.N. reports 14 executions amid fighting| 30,000 people are hiding in the bush fearing ethnic clash | |
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| May.13 |
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France may send troops to Congo France was willing to send a peacekeeping force as fresh fighting broke out in the volatile eastern town of Bunia
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| May.21 |
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230 bodies found in streets Red Cross gave them 'a decent burial'. Most were civilians killed in gruesome ethnic clashes
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| May.30 |
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U.N. backs Congo emergency force The Security Council has voted to deploy a French-led force to help stabilize the conflict
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| Jun.5 |
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Congolese remember violent executions residents of Bunia were terrorized and slaughtered, first by Lendu fighters and then by Hema minority
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| Jun.7 |
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Violent clashes erupt A day after French troops arrived here, fighting erupted between rival militias in the city of Bunia
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| Jun.10 |
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French force arrives in Bunia Force is to bolster a UN peacekeeping contingent that has been unable to prevent tribal fighting
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| Jun.21 |
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French set 72 hour Bunia gun deadline The force sent to protect civilians set a deadline for gunmen to leave the town
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| Jun.30 |
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Decree lifts peace hopes President has signed a decree setting up a new power-sharing government, joining the government and rebels
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| Jul.17 |
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Government swears in rebels| 2 rebel leaders have been sworn in as VPs in a power-sharing government to bring an end to five years of civil war | |
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| Jul.22 |
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French troops find 22 hacked bodies Peacekeepers found the bodies of elderly, women and children in a village after trading gunfire with militiamen
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| Aug.5 |
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French troops foil massacre Troops on helicopter patrol over the savannah of northeastern Congo stopped a massacre in progress in a remote village
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| Oct.6 |
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UN finds massacre Peacekeepers have found the bodies of 23 massacred civilians, killed by bullets or machetes
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| Nov.4 |
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U.N. workers say thousands raped Thousands of women have suffered 'atrocious rapes' during 5 years of civil war
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| Nov.25 |
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Ebola outbreak kills 18 164 people have come into contact with the deadly virus around Mbomo
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| Nov.27 |
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Boat tragedy 'kills 200'| 2 ferries collided on a lake, more than the 50 initially reported missing | |
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