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Militias Abuse Civilians in South Kivu: DR Congo Report
A coalition of Congolese army-backed militias known as the "Wazalendo" have recently committed widespread abuses against ...
Illegal logging in rebel-held Congo threatens gorillas, alarms environmentalists
Tropical forests in eastern Congo that fell into rebel hands this year have seen a spike in illegal logging to produce ...
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Escalating violence drives food crisis across eastern DR Congo, warns WFP
As violence intensifies in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the World Food Programme (WFP) warned Friday that ...
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Congo-Kinshasa: The Tale of the Short-Lived 'Central Kivu' Province
In our previous article, "The 67-year struggle for congolese Tutsi citizenship must end," we explored how the Kinyarwanda-speaking community's electoral victories in Eastern DR Congo fueled resentment ...
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DRC urged to cease support of army-backed militias in South Kivu
Army-backed militias, collectively known as the 'Wazalendo,' committed widespread human rights abuses against civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to Human Rights Watch ...
Endangered gorilla habitats threatened in rebel-held Congo
Endangered gorilla habitats threatened in rebel-held Congo - Conservationists warn that the charcoal boom is coming at a ...
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DR Congo: Army-Backed Militias Abuse Civilians in South Kivu
The Congolese government has supported the Wazalendo (“patriots” in Swahili) to fight against the abusive M23, although the extent of the army’s ...