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Nigeria CDC has confirmed 21 monkeypox cases this year
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria has confirmed 21 cases of monkeypox since the start of the year with one death reported,...
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African Union chair calls for dialogue over rising Congo-Rwanda tensions
DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal President Macky Sall, who chairs the Africa Union organisation, on Sunday called for dialogue between the...
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Pope’s July visit to Africa to go ahead despite health issues
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis is set to make a gruelling trip to two African countries in...
Read moreCongo suspends flights from Rwanda over Kigali’s alleged support for rebels
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo has summoned Rwanda's ambassador and suspended RwandAir flights to Congo in response to...
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Resurgent east Congo violence displaces 72,000 in one week
DAKAR (Reuters) - Fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo over the past week between the army and M23 rebel...
Read moreHeavy fighting as Congo tries to fend off resurgent M23 rebels
By Djaffar Al Katanty GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -Heavy fighting raged in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on...
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Explainer: Why is there more fighting in eastern Congo?
(Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's army has been engaged in heavy fighting since the weekend against the M23 rebel...
Read moreM23 rebels advance on major military base in eastern Congo
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Fighters from the M23 rebel group advanced in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo...
Read moreRwanda says its territory shelled by Congo, requests probe
KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwanda said on Monday it had requested a regional body to investigate shelling of its territory by...
Read moreSecond Rwandan genocide fugitive confirmed dead
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - One of the last remaining fugitives sought by a U.N. tribunal over his alleged key role...
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Uganda announces withdrawal of troops from east Congo
KAMPALA (Reuters) -Uganda will pull troops from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo in two weeks, the military said on Tuesday,...
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Congo mines minister seeks to cancel artisanal cobalt monopoly
By Helen Reid CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo Mines Minister Antoinette N'Samba Kalambayi is seeking to cancel...
Read moreAt least 14 dead in east Congo refugee camp attack
BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - At least 14 people were killed in an overnight attack on a displaced...
Read moreEast Congo rebels kill 35 in raid on artisanal mine -government
KINSHASA (Reuters) -Militants killed 35 civilians in an attack on an artisanal gold mining site in the Democratic Republic of...
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East African Community agrees on regional force to try to end Congo unrest
By Hereward Holland NAIROBI (Reuters) -The seven countries of the East African Community (EAC) have agreed to set up a...
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Congo nun overcomes blackouts with homemade hydroelectric plant
By Djaffar Al Katanty MITI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Sister Alphonsine Ciza spends most of her day in...
Read moreSuspected Islamists kill at least 20 people in eastern Congo attacks
BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Suspected Islamists killed at least 20 civilians in attacks on Sunday and Monday...
Read moreExplosion in a bar kills eight at Congolese military camp
KINSHASA (Reuters) - An explosion in a bar at a military camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed eight...
Read moreU.N. peacekeeper from Nepal killed in eastern Congo
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - A United Nations peacekeeper from Nepal was killed on Tuesday in an attack...
Read moreSuspected Islamists kill 21 civilians in eastern Congo
BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 21 civilians in an overnight attack on...
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