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Plane with 11 on board crashes in central Cameroon
DAKAR (Reuters) - A small passenger plane carrying 11 people crashed in a forest in central Cameroon on Wednesday and...
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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Central African Republic war crimes trial postponed after lawyer no-show
BANGUI (Reuters) - The inaugural trial of a court established to prosecute war crimes in Central African Republic's drawn-out conflict...
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Explainer-Why African nations’ support for UN action on Russia/Ukraine is so mixed
By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Western powers seeking to isolate Russia over Ukraine are disappointed at what they see...
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...
Read moreM23 rebel group declares unilateral ceasefire in eastern Congo
KINSHASA (Reuters) -The M23 rebel group has declared a unilateral ceasefire after several days of clashes with the army in...
Read moreDemocratic Republic of Congo’s parliament votes out economy minister
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's parliament on Wednesday voted to remove Economy Minister Jean-Marie Kalumba from his post,...
Read moreUN loses contact with helicopter in east Congo amid rebel and army fighting
DAKAR (Reuters) - The United Nation's peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo lost contact with a helicopter on...
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ICC says Central African Republic war crimes suspect surrendered
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday said the former Central African Republic's militia leader Maxime Jeoffroy Eli...
Read moreCongo militiamen kill 18 civilians in church compound
BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Militiamen have killed 18 civilians who had sought refuge in a church compound...
Read moreCameroon government says seven killed in separatist ambush
DOUALA, Cameroon (Reuters) -Seven people including a senior Cameroon government administrator and a mayor were killed in an ambush that...
Read moreSuspected Islamist militants kill 20 civilians in eastern Congo
By Erikas Mwisi BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 20 civilians in northeastern...
Read moreFive MSF aid workers kidnapped in northeastern Cameroon
DOUALA (Reuters) - Five staff members of the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres were kidnapped overnight in Cameroon's Far North,...
Read moreMachete-wielding attackers kill 15 in eastern Congo, local chief says
BENI (Reuters) - Militants armed with guns and machetes killed at least 15 people and injured four on Tuesday in...
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Conditions no longer in place to continue Mali fight, France says
By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) - The conditions are no longer in place to continue the fight against Islamist militants...
Read moreFour civilians killed as French troops clash with Islamist militants in Burkina Faso
PARIS (Reuters) -Four civilians were caught in cross fire after French troops supported with an attack helicopter killed 10 Islamist...
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