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Jul
08
2022
By The African Mirror
East Congo clashes resume after de-escalation agreement with Rwanda

East Congo clashes resume after de-escalation agreement with Rwanda

NEWS
CLASHES broke out in eastern Congo between the military and M23 rebels, a civil society and a rebel source said, a day after the presidents of Congo and Rwanda agreed to de-escalate diplomatic tensions over the insurgency. The M23, which Congo accuses Rwanda of supporting, began a major offensive in the eastern borderlands at the end of March, seizing an important border post and other towns despite army efforts to stop its advances. Rwanda denies backing the M23 and has in turn accused Congo of fighting alongside another armed group intent on seizing power in Kigali. Rwandan President Paul Kagame…
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Feb
08
2021
By The African Mirror
New Ebola case detected in eastern Congo

New Ebola case detected in eastern Congo

NEWS
FISTON MAHAMBA A new case of the Ebola virus has been detected in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo near the city of Butembo, and the infected person has died, the health ministry said on Sunday. A woman was found with symptoms of the deadly virus in the town of Biena on February 1 and died in hospital in Butembo on February 3. She was married to a man who had contracted the virus in a previous outbreak. "The provincial response team is already hard at work. It will be supported by the national response team which will visit Butembo shortly,"…
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Aug
29
2020
By The African Mirror
At least two students killed during exams in eastern Congo

At least two students killed during exams in eastern Congo

NEWS
FISTON MAHAMBA  AT least two students and a teacher were killed and several other teachers kidnapped after a primary school holding exams was attacked by unidentified gunmen in eastern Congo, authorities and the United Nations have said. Exact details of the attack and the number of casualties remained unclear. Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi said two students died when fighting broke out in North Kivu province on Thursday morning. He did not give further details. Cosmas Kangakolo, an administrator for Masisi territory, said the Ngoyi Primary School was attacked. He said one teacher died and several were kidnapped. Exam centres in…
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Aug
23
2020
By The African Mirror
Suspected Islamist militants kill 13 in eastern Congo villages

Suspected Islamist militants kill 13 in eastern Congo villages

NEWS
ERIKAS MWISI KAMBALE  SUSPECTED Islamist militants killed 13 people during raids on two villages in eastern Congo, the army and a village chief said, the latest in a spate of attacks the United Nations says may constitute war crimes. The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan armed group operating in he fokkers cast in the Democratic Republic of Congo, have killed more than 1,000 civilians since the start of 2019, according to U.N. figures. Militiamen tied up the victims in the villages of Kinziki-Matiba and Wikeno, 10 km east of the city of Oicha, before killing them in the attack…
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