African Union: New chairperson faces major challenges
The African Union Commision has new leadership in Djibouti's Mahmoud Ali Youssouf. Pushed to the peripheries of the world's news agenda, the recent African Union summit in Addis Ababa still delivered ...
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DR Congo crisis: Over 2,100 police officers, 890 Congolese soldiers join M23 in Bukavu
More than 2,100 Congolese police officers and 890 soldiers on Saturday, February 22, joined the AFC/M23 rebellion in Bukavu, the capital of DR Congo’s South Kivu Province which the rebels seized last ...
70 Christians beheaded in African country by ISIS-aligned militants, groups say; world mostly silent
Reports indicate that 70 Christians were beheaded by Islamic militants in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The group ...
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Civilians in Congo Suffer as Elites at Home and Abroad Jockey for Profits
Rich in an ore used in electronics, the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has become a geopolitical minefield.
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DRC government directive triggers panic in ape sanctuaries amid ongoing conflict
For primate sanctuaries in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the year 2025 has begun with panic, worry and uncertainty as ...
“Congolese Are Paying the Price” for Western Demand for Minerals & Support for Rwanda’s Paul Kagame
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 insurgents, who have already taken two key cities ...
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70 Christians beheaded in DRC church attack: 'Grim tapestry of violence'
Seventy Christians were discovered beheaded inside a Protestant church in the Democratic Republic of Congo s North Kivu ...
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Boat fleeing rebel offensive capsizes in Congo, killing 22
A boat carrying people fleeing the ongoing rebel advance in eastern Congo has capsized, killing 22 people, authorities said Thursday. The boat was carrying people from ...
Advance of Rwanda-backed rebels in Congo threatens regional peace, UN officials warn
Top United Nations officials in Africa have warned an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that the offensive of ...
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As rebels in Congo take Bukavu, church leaders decry violence, disrespect for international law
After the M23 Rwanda-backed rebels Feb. 16 occupied Bukavu, a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, Catholic ...
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Indigenous people cut down trees as solar energy remains inaccessible and costly in DRC
When night falls in the Batwa village of Lukwangulo, only the local chief’s house is illuminated. In this village in the ...