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Volcano Mount Nyamuragira erupts  Africa's most active 10,333-foot volcano is spewing lava off its southern flank, 25 kilometers north of the city of Goma
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DR Congo rebel massacre is uncovered  | Evidence of the massacre of at least 321 people by Lord's Resistance Army has been uncovered | |
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  UN call for new DRC strategy The head of UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo says a new strategy is needed to prevent massacres by the LRA
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| Apr.14 |
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Gang-rape crisis exposed in 4-year study A report focusing on rape in the east of the DR Congo reveals that more than half of the victims were gang-raped by armed men
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UN's chief warns on early Congo pull-out The John Holmes humanitarian official warns against a premature pull-out of troops from Democratic Republic of Congo
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Hundreds killed in oil tanker explosion Map of South Kivu Congo At least 230 people were killed and 190 injured when an oil tanker flipped over and exploded. It was attempting to overtake a bus
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Fuel truck victims buried in mass graves Map of South Kivu Congo The bodies of some of the scores of people killed in a fuel truck explosion in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been buried in mass graves
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Mourning declared after tanker blast The Democratic Republic of the Congo declared two days of mourning for the victims of the oil tanker explosion that killed more than 230 people
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| Jul.29 |
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80 die in ferry accident The ferry was laden with people and cargo traveling from western Bandundu province
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| Aug.19 |
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 Several nations facing food shortage Afghanistan, Congo, Burundi, Eritrea, Sudan, Ethiopia, Angola, Liberia, Chad and Zimbabwe were named as with most vulnerable food supply
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| Aug.24 |
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DR Congo 'mass rape' investigated The United Nations is investigating claims that rebel fighters raped more that 150 women and baby boys
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| Aug.26 |
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UN cites 'genocide' in DR Congo A draft UN report says crimes by the Rwandan army and allied rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo could be classified as genocide
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U.N. tackles discrepancies over rapes The United Nations appears to have been aware of rape by rebels in eastern Congo earlier than it originally said it was
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Number of missing after boat capsizes A cargo vessel caught fire and capsized, leaving an unknown number of people missing when fuel drums aboard the vessel caught fire
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 U.N.: Congo sex attacks exceed 500 Map of Uvira Congo| U.N. officials on Tuesday put the number of rapes and other sexual attacks in eastern Congo since late July at more than 500 | |
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UN slams security forces over mass rapes A U.N. report confirms the rape of at least 303 civilians between July 30 and August 2 in the Walikale region of North Kivu province
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Congo atrocities report 'heartbreaking' The United Nations issued a report Friday detailing human rights violations such as killings and rapes over a 10-year period
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| Oct.8 |
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Court orders resumption of war trial The International Criminal Court reversed a decision to release a Congolese militia leader and ordered the resumption of his war crimes tria...
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DRC troops 'in rapes and murders'| A UN envoy says government troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo might have committed rape and murder | |
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Rape victims march against violence Map of Bukavu Congo| Many of Congo's rape survivors took to the streets to speak out against sexual violence in a country where it has become a weapon of wa | |
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Death toll from polio outbreak nears 100 World health agencies plan to launch a massive polio vaccination in 3 West African nations, following a fast-moving and virulent outbreak
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 River guide believed killed by crocodile Hendrik Coetzee, a renowned South African outdoorsman was apparently pulled from his kayak by a crocodile in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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| Dec.14 |
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Mazembe seal FIFA final berth Congolese side TP Mazembe Englebert became the first African team to clinch a place in FIFA's Club World Cup final after a victory over Inte...
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