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U.S. Department of Treasury. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The United States has imposed sanctions on alleged intelligence leaders of two key rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where fighting has been raging in the east of the country. The sanctions target Gustave Kubwayo, alleged to be the commander of a Democratic Forces…
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For more than 30 years the mineral-rich eastern DRC has been a battleground between various armed groups, vying for control of its many mines. | Photo Credit: AFP A militia attack killed at least 69 people in Ituri province in the conflict-torn northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), local and security sources told…
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Videos on social media showed men in fatigues at the Palais de la Nation, brandishing flags of Zaire. Kinshasa, DR Congo: The DR Congo military on Sunday said it had thwarted an “attempted coup” near the offices of President Felix Tshisekedi in Kinshasa involving “foreigners and Congolese”. It happened in the early hours of the…
Clashes have broken out between government forces and M23 rebels leaving eight UN peacekeepers injured after a brief lull in fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said. One of the peacekeepers was “gravely wounded” in the attack on Saturday at Sake, said UN mission head Bintou Keita. The strategic town lies…
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