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Dozens of Congo's rebels lay down weapons in the east
KITSHANGA, Democratic Republic of Congo Dozens of militia fighters in the Democratic Republic of Congo have laid down their weapons and surrendered, the first to do so since President Felix Tshisekedi announced martial law to tackle worsening security in two eastern provinces. | Video
Congo seizes gold worth $1.9 million in Okapi wildlife reserve
KINSHASA Congolese authorities have seized 31 kg of gold, worth around $1.9 million, in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve in the country's northeast, in a rare loss for smugglers who fraudulently bring tonnes of Congolese gold into the global market each year.
U.N. finds no evidence of Islamic State control over Congo militia
KINSHASA United Nations experts said on Wednesday they had been unable to find evidence of direct support by Islamic State for an Islamist militia in eastern Congo, which was blacklisted in March by Washington as a terrorist group.
Congo Senate declines to lift former PM's immunity over failed agro project
KINSHASA (Reuters) -Congo's Senate on Tuesday rejected a request by prosecutors to lift former Prime Minister Matata Ponyo Mapon's immunity so they could indict him for his role in a failed agriculture project in which investigators say $200 million disappeared.
Congo president says Kinshasa hospitals 'overwhelmed' by coronavirus
KINSHASA Hospitals in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa are "overwhelmed" by a rise in COVID-19 infections, President Felix Tshisekedi said on Saturday, as the country was hit by a third wave of the disease.
Congo detains alleged ivory trafficker blamed for killings of park rangers -statement
KINSHASA Park rangers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have arrested a militia leader and alleged ivory trafficker whose fighters are accused of killing 19 rangers, authorities said on Thursday.
U.N. staffer investigated in Italy over death of ambassador - source
ROME A United Nations employee has been placed under investigation by Italian prosecutors looking into the murder of Italy's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and two other people, a judicial source said on Wednesday.
Congo to begin phased return of residents to volcano-hit city
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo Democratic Republic of Congo will start a phased return of residents who fled Goma in the aftermath of a volcanic eruption that destroyed thousands of homes and threatened to overrun the city, the government said on Monday. | Video
Congo volcano observatory failed to predict eruption due to mismanagement, say workers
KINSHASA Researchers at an eastern Congolese volcano observatory on Saturday said they could have predicted the deadly eruption of Mount Nyiragongo in May if their work had not been impeded by alleged mismanagement and embezzlement.
Congo faces third wave of coronavirus, says health minister
KINSHASA Democratic Republic of Congo is facing a third wave of coronavirus infections, with its epicentre in the capital, Kinshasa, one of Africa's most-populous cities, Health Minister Jean-Jacques Mbungani said on Thursday.
Hundreds more unmarked graves found at erstwhile Canadian residential school
(Reuters) -An indigenous group in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan on Thursday said it had found the unmarked graves of an estimated 751 people at a now-defunct Catholic residential school, just weeks after a similar, smaller discovery rocked the country.