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Congo elephant poacher gets 30 years forced labour

A poacher in Congo-Brazzaville has been sentenced to 30 years of forced labour for killing elephants, an NGO said Tuesday. Gerard Mombaza Mombembo, 35, from...

DRCongo vows to protect Nobel laureate Mukwege after death threats

The government vowed Saturday to protect Nobel peace laureate Denis Mukwege and investigate death threats against him after he called for an international court...

DR Congo extends virus health emergecy for sixth time

The Democratic Republic of Congo extended its coronavirus health emergency on Monday for 15 days, the sixth extension since March, with some lawmakers voicing...

Over 1% of humanity displaced­–UN

Nearly 80 million people have been forced to flee their homes due to violence and persecution, marking a near-doubling of global displacement in a...

Two attacks in northeast DR Congo kill 27: officials 

Women and children were among at least 27 civilians murdered in two separate attacks in the troubled northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo,...

Top aide to DR Congo president goes on trial for corruption

The powerful top aide to DR Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi goes on trial for corruption on Monday in a case without precedent in the...

Africa still seeking the right model for growth

Paris"•As 1960 dawned, sub-Saharan Africa braced for historic change: that year, 17 of its countries were destined to gain independence from European colonial powers. But...

Beleaguered DR Congo rain forest attacked on all sides

KISANGANI"•Lush rain forest covers millions of hectares of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a central part of Earth’s natural defesce against global warming"•but it...

Fighting Ebola with children on the frontline

By Grace Matsiko Before dawn, Congolese teenager Doneka Kabowo sets off for school in Uganda, negotiating miles of jungle, the threat of armed militias and...

Tanzania mourns 64 killed in tanker blast

Morogoro"•Tanzania was in mourning Sunday, preparing to bury the dead after 64 people perished when a crashed fuel tanker exploded as crowds rushed to...

Nearly nine tons of ivory seized

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Over 1,000 dead in D.R. Congo Ebola epidemic

Kinshasa, DR Congo—More than 1,000 people have now died of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said, as aid workers warned that the...

Over 113 million people suffer acute hunger

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UN experts accuse DR Congo warlord of mass rape

United Nations—UN experts are accusing a warlord in the Democratic Republic of Congo of leading horrific gang rapes in South Kivu during which women...
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