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| Jan.26 |
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  UN boss starts Africa tour in DRC Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is on his first official foreign trip since taking office
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| Jan.29 |
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ICC trial for DR Congo's warlord The only permanent international war crimes court has ruled there is enough evidence to put Thomas Lubanga on trial
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| Mar.8 |
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 Official arrested over missing uranium Fortunat Lumu, the Democratic Republic of Congo's top atomic energy official, is being held over allegations of uranium smuggling
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| Mar.22 |
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 Blast hits Spanish embassy A grenade or mortar shell struck the Embassy during fighting between factions
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 DR Congo rebel chief seeks refuge Jean-Pierre Bemba has taken refuge in the South African embassy after fighting erupted in the capital
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| May.9 |
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600,000 flee 'peace' force 113,000 civilians have fled fighting in North Kivu since February, and the province now has 600,000 displaced people
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| May.22 |
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 UN troops 'traded gold for guns'| Pakistani peacekeeping troops have traded in gold and sold weapons to militia groups they were meant to disarm | |
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| Jul.27 |
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U.N. to probe gorilla deaths| The shooting deaths of 4 mountain gorillas, 3 females and an alpha male silverback, are prompting a U.N. agency to send a mission | |
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| Jul.30 |
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U.N.: Gang rape 'rampant' in Congo U.N. investigator: Extreme sexual violence against women is pervasive and local authorities do little to stop it or prosecute those responsi...
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| Aug.2 |
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68 die in train crash in remote region The accident took place late near Benaleka, around 220 kilometers northwest of the town of Kananga in Western Kasai province
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| Sep.9 |
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Fighting threatens gorillas Renewed fighting inside a national park that is home to endangered mountain gorillas forced rangers to flee for the second time in less than a week
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| Sep.11 |
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 WHO issues alert on Ebola An outbreak of fever kills nearly all of those it infects and has no cure or treatment
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| Sep.23 |
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Congolese flee renegade general Some 4,000 people have arrived at a UN camp in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
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| Oct.4 |
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Plane crash kills 30  Map of Kinshasa Congo The Russian-made Antonov-26 crashed in a poor, crowded suburb of Kinshasa right after takeoff
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| Oct.7 |
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Rebels seize rare gorilla habitat Rebels have seized an area in eastern Congo that serves as a wildlife habitat, threatening one of the last known populations of the animals
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| Oct.14 |
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DR Congo rebels in new stand-off In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo government troops stand-off rebels loyal to Gen Laurent Nkunda
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| Oct.20 |
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Thousands flee amid clashes Map of Rutshuru Congo| Clashes between local militias and the dissident general, Laurent Nkunda, in Bunagana sent refugees flooding into the nearby town of Rutshuru | |
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| Nov.13 |
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Tens of thousands flee refugee camps| It didn't appear rebels had targeted the camps; some were looted after camp residents, classified as internally displaced persons, fled | |
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| Dec.23 |
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Child kidnap 'surge' in DR Congo Recent fighting has led to a surge in child abductions by armed groups making children act as soldiers, sex slaves, porters and spies
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