Democratic Republic of Congo
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Oct- 2020 -20 OctoberAfrica
Feared DR Congo Militia Free 1,300 From Jail in Beni: Officials
A feared militia attacked a prison in the troubled east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, freeing at least 1,300 inmates, local officials and police said.
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2 OctoberAfrica
DR Congo Militia Fighting Kills 11 in Ituri Province Despite Peace Deal
Fighting between DR Congo's regular army and a militia force has claimed 11 lives and breached a peace deal in the conflict-plagued northeast of the country, according to UN sources.
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Sep- 2020 -25 SeptemberAfrica
Five Killed in Rebel Attack in Restive DR Congo Province
Five people were killed overnight in the eastern DR Congo region of Beni by rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces.
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24 SeptemberAfrica
Eleven Killed, 1,000 Homes Torched in DR Congo Clashes
Brutal clashes between communities over farmland in central DR Congo earlier this month left 11 people dead, almost 10,000 displaced and nearly a thousand homes torched, a local charity said.
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21 SeptemberAfrica
13 Killed in Eastern DR Congo’s ‘Death Triangle’
Twelve civilians and a soldier were killed overnight in eastern DR Congo in an attack blamed on rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces, a local official said Monday.
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17 SeptemberAfrica
Aid Worker With Charity World Vision Killed in DR Congo
A worker with the British charity World Vision has been killed in an ambush on a humanitarian convoy in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the aid group said on Thursday.
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10 SeptemberAfrica
Notorious ADF Militia Kill 58 in Eastern DR Congo’s Ituri Province
ADF militia killed 58 people in two massacres in the eastern DR Congo province of Ituri, the province's interior minister said.
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4 SeptemberAfrica
Militiamen Evicted After Storming Key DR Congo City in Ituri
Security forces peacefully evicted dozens of armed men after they stormed Bunia, the capital of DR Congo's northeastern Ituri province, to demand the release of militia fighters.
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Aug- 2020 -31 AugustAfrica
DR Congo Attackers Disrupt School Final Exams, Rape Students
Militia attacks in DR Congo's volatile east disrupted the start of school final exams Monday with hundreds of students fleeing violence and some girls raped by the attackers, officials said.
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27 AugustAfrica
DR Congo Militia Kills 24 in Troubled Beni Region
At least 24 civilians were killed over two days by a notorious militia in the Beni region of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where the army is battling armed groups, a local source said.
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