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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)

Rebel Attacks in Eastern DRC Prompt Hundreds to Flee

  • According to the Uganda Red Cross Society, large numbers of people from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) fled to Uganda after attacks that the DRC’s military blamed on the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group (Associated Press)

Armed Fighters Seize Two Villages in the Democratic Republic of Congo

  • Suspected M23 fighters seized at least two Congolese villages near the border with Uganda and Rwanda (Al Jazeera)

Clashes in Eastern DRC Kill Eleven People

  • Armed men triggered clashes that killed eleven people yesterday in the eastern city of Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Reuters)

UNJHRO Claim Congolese Authorities Killed Local Human Rights Activist

  • The United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) reported that Congolese soldiers tortured Cabral Yombo, a leader of a local human rights group, who later died from his injuries (Reuters)

Thirty-one Fighters Killed in DRC Over Two Days

  • The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s army said they killed twenty-seven rebel fighters over the past two days, while four government soldiers were killed (Agence France-Presse)

EU Halts Funding for WHO Programs Operating in DRC

  • The European Union suspended funding to the World Health Organization’s programs in the Democratic Republic of Congo following revelations of WHO personnel sexually abusing Congolese civilians (Reuters)

Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Killing Sixteen in the Democratic Republic of Congo

  • The Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on a village that killed sixteen people in the eastern part of the country (Reuters)

Demonstrators in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Protest New Electoral Commission Chief

  • Supporters of opposition leader Martin Fayulu took to the streets in Kinshasa protesting the selection of Denis Kadima as the new head of the electoral commission and questioning Kadima’s independence (Al Jazeera)
  • Police used tear gas to break up clashes between protesters and counter-protesters (Reuters)

WHO Accused of Sexual Abuse and Exploitation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

  • An independent commission released a report yesterday stating that World Health Organization (WHO) staff were among the eighty-three international and local aid workers accused of perpetrating sexual abuse and exploitation during the 2018-20 Ebola outbreak in the DRC (BBC)

Democratic Republic of Congo, China in Talks Over Cobalt Mine Dispute

  • Democratic Republic of Congo’s state cobalt buyer and China’s largest cobalt refiner are in negotiations to address unsafe working conditions in the Kasulo mine (Reuters)

Attack in Democratic Republic of Congo Kills Thirty People

  • An attack in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed at least thirty people this past weekend, according to local and UN sources. Jihadis from the Allied Democratic Forces armed group were the suspected attackers (Agence France-Presse)

U.S. Special Forces Visit DRC, Explore Antiterrorism Unit

  • U.S. special operations forces traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo to weigh the possibility of establishing a local antiterrorism unit, U.S. and DRC officials said (Reuters)

Militants Kill Hostages in Eastern DRC

  • At least sixteen people were killed weeks after being taken hostage in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s east, according to military and local sources. The victims, including two women, had been held by members of the Allied Democratic Forces (Agence France-Presse)

Suspected Militants Kill At Least Sixteen in DRC

  • Suspected members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) killed at least sixteen people in a road ambush on Friday in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu Province (Associated Press)

Prosecutors Order Arrest of Former DRC Prime Minister

  • Prosecutors ordered the arrest of former Democratic Republic of Congo Prime Minister Matata Ponyo Mapon on accusations of misappropriating $140 million, according to two government sources (Reuters)

DRC Fighters Surrender in North Kivu Province

  • Around 140 militia fighters handed themselves over to authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu Province, making them the first to surrender since President Felix Tshisekedi implemented martial law in North Kivu and one other province in May (Reuters)