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DR Congo, Rwanda agree to draft peace deal by May 2 | Conflict News
US brings the two countries’ foreign ministers together and voices an interest in investment in the DRC’s mineral-rich east. Rwanda…
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DR Congo crisis forces refugees to swim for their lives to Burundi — Global Issues
“We’re pushed to our limits,” said Ayaki Ito, Director for Emergencies for the UN refugee agency, UNHCR. One mother was…
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Sexual violence systematically used as a weapon of war in the DR Congo — Global Issues
Senior UN officials warned on Wednesday that all parties involved in the conflict are systematically using sexual violence as a…
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Security Council urged to support eastern DR Congo peace initiatives — Global Issues
In a briefing to ambassadors, UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region Huang Xia called for increased coordination of…
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Flooding displaces thousands amid ongoing unrest in eastern DR Congo — Global Issues
The Rugumba River burst its banks, inundating large areas of Kalemie and Nyunzu territories, destroying homes, schools and agricultural land.…
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East Jerusalem schools told to close, Guterres saddened by Santo Domingo deaths, DR Congo and Haiti updates — Global Issues
The schools were told they must close within 30 days. Mr. Lazzarini said that some 800 boys and girls are…
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DR Congo repatriates three US citizens convicted over failed coup | Politics News
Move coincides with DRC’s drive to sign minerals deal with US in exchange for security in war with Rwanda-backed rebels.…
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Cholera surges worldwide, DR Congo update, WHO leads global health emergency exercise — Global Issues
The UN health agency registered almost 810,000 cases and 5,900 deaths from the preventable disease in 2024; that’s about 50…
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Despite renewed conflict in eastern DR Congo, protection for civilians is paramount: Keita — Global Issues
That’s according to the head of MONUSCO, Bintou Keita, speaking exclusively to UN News ahead of briefing members of the…
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Armed groups install ‘parallel administration’ in DR Congo, Security Council hears — Global Issues
That’s according to the head of the UN stabilization mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO), Bintou Keita, who briefed the Security…
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