Anxiety rises in DR Congo capital as M23 rebels advance in east
As Rwanda-backed rebels strolled through the streets of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's second-largest city, President ...
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Rwanda's Kagame: a 'chess-player' getting his way in DR Congo
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has shown his strategic acumen, honed by 30 years of cementing control at home and influence ...
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Congo’s Uvira residents state their greatest fears
Over the past two years, the Kivus and Ituri regions have witnessed increased violence due to a military campaign by the M23.
The Pope Is in a ‘Good Mood’ but ‘Not Out of Danger,’ His Doctors Say
As the pope enters his second week in a Rome hospital with a lung infection, his physicians said his condition was critical ...
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Bukavu in ruins as M23 rebels seize control of DR Congo’s South Kivu
Bukavu rises from chaos, but scars remain. Looters and rebels left devastation, yet merchants return, clinging to hope. As ...
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Forced to flee Congo, USAID workers lost everything. They’re suing Trump.
USAID workers based in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, tell a harrowing story of how Trump’s attack on the agency ...
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Indigenous people cut down trees as solar energy remains inaccessible and costly in DRC
When night falls in the Batwa village of Lukwangulo, only the local chief’s house is illuminated. In this village in the ...
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As rebels in Congo take Bukavu, church leaders decry violence, disrespect for international law
After the M23 Rwanda-backed rebels Feb. 16 occupied Bukavu, a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, Catholic ...
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The moral cost of rechargeable batteries
That’s because all those items rely on cobalt as a key component for the lithium-ion rechargeable batteries that make them ...
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UNHCR launches appeal as dire situation in DR Congo impacts Burundi
As fighting continues in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the humanitarian situation is fast deteriorating in neighbouring Burundi, with daily arrivals increasing through its ...
Trump administration stalling medical evacuation for USAID staffers, spouses in peril, suits charge
A pair of court orders have had only limited effect in slowing the Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for ...
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Forced to flee Congo, USAID workers lost everything. They’re suing Trump.
It was sweltering in Congo when they left but wintry in Washington ... Like others, Olivia wrote that she was also on her way to work when her life turned upside down. “Westerners and cars ...