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Rome holds funeral for Italian ambassador killed in DR Congo
Luca Attanasio, 43, died after being shot on Monday after unidentified assailants ambushed a two-vehicle convoy from the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) in...
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Italy seeks UN probe into DRC envoy's killing
The envoy, Luca Attanasio, 43, died on Monday after a World Food Programme (WFP) convoy was ambushed in a dangerous part of the eastern DRC near the border with Rwanda.
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Italy confirms death of its ambassador to DR Congo
'It is with deep sadness that the Foreign Ministry confirms the death, today in Goma, of the Italian ambassador,' the ministry said, adding that an Italian policeman also died.
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Millions of children at risk in DR Congo violence: UN
According to UN figures, 5.2 million people in the DRC have been forced from their homes because of conflict -- 'more than in any country except Syria,' UNICEF said.
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Over 2,000 civilians killed in eastern DR Congo in 2020: UN
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, said sites for forcibly displaced people in North Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo had been coming under assault.
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DR Congo starts Ebola vaccination after new outbreak
The WHO's office in the Democratic Republic of Congo said four people in Biene had been vaccinated and 334 other contacts would also receive the jab.
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Second Ebola death in DR Congo: WHO
Since the West African Ebola crisis of 2013-16 - which left 11,300 dead across the region - the WHO has eyed each new outbreak with great concern, treating the most recent Congolese epidemic as an international health emergency.
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Congo bishops fear presidential vote won't be free and fair
The March 21 ballot in the Republic of Congo, also called Congo-Brazzaville, will see incumbent President Denis Sassou Nguesso bid for a fourth term to extend 36 total years in power.
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DR Congo prime minister resigns after censure: Presidency
Presidency spokesman Giscard Kusema told AFP that Illunga "said he had drawn the consequences of the developing political situation."
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DR Congo parliament debates move on govt resignation
The political scene in sub-Saharan Africa's biggest country has been roiled by a months-long struggle between Felix Tshisekedi and Joseph Kabila supporters.
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DRC Parliament backs Tshisekedi against predecessor Kabila
Although Tshisekedi won the presidency in December 2018 elections, he had been governing in coalition with Kabila's camp which held on to a parliamentary majority at the same time.
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DRC president hails local COVID 'products' as WHO sounds caution
Bottles of the over-the-counter concoction were on sale for $110 (90 euros) each - a fortune in a country where two-thirds of the population live on less than $2 per day.
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Family seeks justice for Lumumba, DR Congo's murdered hero
Aged just 35, the charismatic hero of Belgian Congo's independence was assassinated 60 years ago in a plot linked to the fledgling nation's colonial master.
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DR Congo's Tshisekedi silences doubters with political gains
With a string of tactical victories, DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has defied naysayers who saw him as a weak politician living in the shadow of a famous father, although the future of his strategy remains uncertain.
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UN appeals for calm in DR Congo after parliament clashes
The violence followed months of tension over the fragile coalition between President Felix Tshisekedi, who took over in January 2019 after Joseph Kabila's 18-year rule, and his predecessor's party, which holds a parliamentary majority.
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DR Congo police enter parliament after new clashes
The violence follows a months-long crisis rooted in a troubled coalition forged by Tshisekedi and the pro-Kabila Common Front for the Congo (FCC), which commands an overwhelming majority in the National Assembly.
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DR Congo President Tshisekedi set to scrap ruling coalition
The announcement came after the failure of a coalition with supporters of predecessor Joseph Kabila who currently wield a majority in parliament.
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African Union urges 'peace' as DR Congo crisis widens
President Felix Tshisekedi is due to unveil new decisions on Sunday on the simmering tensions pitting his supporters against those loyal to his powerful predecessor Joseph Kabila.
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UN worried as DR Congo struggles with political crisis
The United Nations has sounded a warning about a brewing political crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a long-running impasse between President Felix Tshisekedi and supporters of his predecessor Joseph Kabila has reached a crucial point.
