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Fourteen DRC Civilians Killed by ADF, Per Local Officials

  • Local officials have blamed the Allied Defense Forces (ADF) for two attacks killing fourteen civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) (TRT World)

DRC Court Overturns Conviction of Ex-Chief of Staff

  • A court in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has overturned the embezzlement conviction of President Félix Tshisekedi’s former chief of staff; activists had hailed the original conviction as a landmark victory for transparency (Reuters)

East African Community Heads of State Direct Deployment of Troops to DRC

  • East African Community leaders have endorsed the deployment of regional troops to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to support DRC stabilization efforts (Voice of America)

DRC Soldier Reportedly Killed in Rwanda

  • Rwanda’s army said that Rwandan police shot and killed a Congolese soldier who had fired at Rwandan security forces after crossing the border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) (Reuters)

Thousands Flee As Congolese Rebels Seize Eastern DRC Town

  • Members of the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group seized the town of Bunagana in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a local activist said; the United Nations reported that over twenty-five thousand people have fled the area due to violence (Reuters)

DRC Accuses Rwanda of Sending Disguised Soldiers Across Border

  • The armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have accused Rwanda of sending five hundred special forces soldiers into eastern DRC in disguise amid an escalating dispute between the two nations; Rwandan officials say these accusations are baseless (Al Jazeera)

Twelve People Killed in Village Raid in Eastern DRC

  • The government of Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and local sources said that CODECO militiamen killed twelve people in a village raid in the eastern part of the DRC, near the shore of Lake Albert (Reuters)

Eighteen People Die in Village Raid in Eastern DRC

  • Eighteen people were reportedly killed during a village raid in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC); local sources said those responsible for the raid belong to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) (Al Jazeera)

DRC, Rwanda Leaders Hold Call After Clashes Near Border

  • The presidents of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda aimed to de-escalate tensions following recent clashes between the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group and the Congolese army (New Times)
  • The DRC accused Rwanda of backing the rebel group, which is based in eastern Congo (Bloomberg)
  • The United Nations said that recent fighting has led to the displacement of more than 72,000 people from their homes in a single week (Reuters)

Rebel Group Fighters Advance in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

  • Fighters from the M23 rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) advanced east and were engaged in active fighting with members of the DRC army outside a large military base (Reuters)

Attack on DRC Refugee Camp Kills At Least Fourteen People

  • At least fourteen people were killed during an attack on a refugee camp in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) eastern Ituri province (Reuters)

Militia Attack on DRC Gold Mine Kills Thirty-Five People

  • An attack on a gold mine in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) killed at least thirty-five people; a local official blamed the Cooperative for Development of the Congo (CODECO) militant group (Agence-France Presse)

Third Patient Dies from Ebola in DRC

  • A third person has died from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the latest fatality since the outbreak began last month (Reuters)

New Ebola Outbreak in DRC

  • A new Ebola case was confirmed in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), prompting health authorities to urge containment measures (Reuters)

East African Leaders Threaten to Summon Regional Military Force Against DRC Rebels

  • Officials from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda told rebel groups they could enter talks with the government or be “handled militarily” by a new regional fighting force (East African)

DRC Rebels Announce Retreat from Captured Villages

  • Rebels from the March 23 Movement announced their retreat from villages in the North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after clashing with government forces; they will reportedly seek dialogue with the government (Agence France Presse)
  • Separately, members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan militia, were suspected of killing at least twenty civilians in the DRC’s eastern Ituri province in a series of attacks (Reuters)

Explosion in Congolese Military Camp Kills Eight

  • Eight people were killed after an explosion in a bar at a Congolese military camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); the cause of the explosion was not immediately clear (Reuters)

UN: 46,000 Congolese in Need of Emergency Assistance in North Kivu

  • According to the UN refugee agency, 46,000 Congolese in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) North Kivu province are in need of emergency assistance after fleeing violent clashes early this week (Voice of America)
  • Separately, the M23 rebel group declared a unilateral ceasefire after days of clashes with the military in eastern DRC (Reuters)

Eight UN Peacekeepers Die in Helicopter Crash in the DRC

  • Eight UN peacekeepers from Pakistan, Russia, and Serbia died in a helicopter crash in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) (Agence France-Presse)

Fourteen Civilians Killed During Attack in DRC

  • Fourteen civilians, including seven children, were killed during a machete attack on a camp for displaced persons in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Ituri Province (Agence France-Presse)

United Nations Deploys Additional Peacekeepers Following Deadly Attack on Displacement Camp in Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the attack by Coopérative pour le development du Congo (CODECO) militias on a displacement camp, as UN peacekeepers stepped up their presence in the area (UN News)

Attack on Displacement Camp in Democratic Republic of the Congo Kills Dozens

  • Suspected militiamen attacked a camp for internally displaced people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) Ituri province, killing dozens (Al-Jazeera)

Military Court Sentences Fifty-One People to Death in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) sentenced fifty-one people to death, several of them in absentia, over the 2017 killing of two UN experts who were investigating violence in the Kasai region (Agence France-Presse)

Rebel Group Reportedly Kills More Than Twenty Congolese Soldiers

  • Members of the M23 rebel group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reportedly killed at least twenty Congolese soldiers in North Kivu (Al Jazeera)

DRC, Uganda Launch Air Strikes Against ADF

  • The Ugandan military, in partnership with forces from the Democratic Republic of Congo, launched air strikes against the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which Ugandan authorities blamed for suicide bombings in Kampala earlier this month (Al Jazeera)