Democratic Republic of Congo
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Apr- 2019 -24 AprilAfrica
UN’s DR Congo mission faces budget cuts but military component unaffected
The UN mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo, one of the biggest peacekeeping operations, will be scaled back because of budget pressure
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18 AprilAfrica
ISIS claims first attack in DR Congo, saying it killed soldiers near Uganda border
Islamic State claimed that it killed Congolese soldiers in an attack in Kamago near the Congo-Uganda border
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11 AprilAfrica
DR Congo army kills ‘dozens’ of Burundi rebels in South Kivu operation
DR Congo's army said it had killed 36 Burundian rebels in a three-day operation in the eastern province of South Kivu, abutting Burundi
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Mar- 2019 -8 MarchAfrica
UN considering downsizing DR Congo peacekeeping mission
The UN is considering a drawdown of its large peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo and charting a course towards an exit strategy
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Feb- 2019 -8 FebruaryAfrica
DR Congo: Attack in southern Beni blamed on ADF kills 7
The death toll in a suspected militia attack in DR Congo has risen, after armed men attacked civilians and a military position in Beni
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Jan- 2019 -29 JanuaryAfrica
Three Kamuina Nsapu rebel leaders surrender in support for new DR Congo president Tshisekedi
Three militia leaders, including one accused of murdering 39 police officers, surrendered in a show of support for DR Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi
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22 JanuaryAfrica
DR Congo army kills Mai-Mai Simba militia chief in Ituri operation
A notorious militia chief was killed in Democratic Republic of Congo along with six of his men in a military operation in northeastern Ituri province
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9 JanuaryAfrica
ADF attack in Beni kills 10, DR Congo army says
Seven civilians and three soldiers were killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo when a militia attacked a military post in the Beni region
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8 JanuaryAfrica
Armed men kill 8 civilians in eastern DR Congo’s Beni region
At least eight civilians including relatives of soldiers were killed in an overnight incursion by armed men in the volatile eastern DR Congo, the army said
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Dec- 2018 -17 DecemberAfrica
Two DR Congo troops killed by Rwandan Hutu FDLR rebels
Two DR Congo soldiers were killed in clashes with Rwandan pro-Hutu FDLR rebels after two leaders were arrested in the eastern North Kivu region
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