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Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo | Global Conflict Tracker - Council on Foreign Relations
Since 1996, conflict in eastern DRC has led to approximately six million deaths. The First Congo War (1996–1997) began in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, during which ethnic Hutu ...
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DRC: A Child Was Raped Every Half An Hour - Forbes
As long as the DRC continues to be a stamping ground for militias, including M23, and other neighboring countries, instability will create the perfect conditions for atrocity crimes to be perpetrated.
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DRC to enforce state monopoly on artisanal cobalt amid export ban - MSN
On 21 February, new regulations were established by the DRC's prime minister and mines minister, granting the state-owned ...
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Conflict in the DRC: What you need to know about the crisis | The IRC - International Rescue Committee (IRC)
More than 7 million people displaced. Over 7 million people are displaced across the DRC, including 2.8 million in North Kivu—a province in eastern DRC where much of the recent fighting has been ...
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Fighting in Africa’s mineral-rich DRC killed over 3,000 in less than 2 weeks. Here’s how your phone plays a part | CNN - CNN International
A rampaging rebel group has claimed the capture of another mining town in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a little over a week after it took control of the region’s ...
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DRC president commutes death sentences for 3 Americans convicted in coup attempt - CNN
The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has commuted the death sentences of three Americans convicted of attempting a coup to life imprisonment, days before US government officials ...
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Deadly floods in DRC becoming more likely with climate change
D eadly floods currently being experienced in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are becoming ever-more likely as the world’s climate warms, new research has found.. Recent days have seen ...
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Failed DRC coup plotters will serve out sentences in U.S. - NPR
The three young men, who were sentenced to death for their part in an attempted coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo last May, were handed over to U.S. authorities and are on their way to the U.S.
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Fighting in eastern DRC killed about 7,000 people since January, PM says | Conflict News - Al Jazeera
Fighting in eastern DRC killed about 7,000 people since January, PM says. Judith Suminwa says more than 2,500 bodies buried without identification, ‘significant’ number of civilians among dead.
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DRC rebels promise security after seizing Bukavu in country’s east
DRC rebels promise security after seizing Bukavu in country’s east. Rwandan-backed M23 rebels pledge to restore security in Bukavu as an escalation in fighting fans fears of an all-out regional war.
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Fighting in Africa’s mineral-rich DRC killed over 3,000 in less than 2 weeks. Here’s how your phone plays a part - CNN
A rampaging rebel group has claimed the capture of another mining town in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a little over a week after it took control of the region’s ...