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Sierra Leone's President Bio to be the next ECOWAS chairman with region in turmoil
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has been chosen to be the next chairman of the West African economic bloc, ECOWAS ...
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Rubavu to host its first-ever Afro House music event, Ivy Summer Fest
As Afro House continues to make waves in Kigali’s creative scene, Rwanda is seeing a rise in events that bring fans of the genre together in new ways. For the first time, the shores of Lake Kivu will ...
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Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo
During and following the genocide, nearly two million Hutu refugees crossed the Congolese border, mostly settling in refugee camps in the North Kivu and South Kivu provinces. A small subset of ...
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DR Congo: M23 Armed Group Forcibly Transferring Civilians
The Rwandan-controlled M23 armed group has deported over 1,500 people from occupied eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to ...
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DR Congo crisis: Trust can only be restored by addressing conflict’s root causes - Amb Urujeni tells UN
Only by addressing the structural drivers of conflict in eastern DR Congo can the Human Rights Council begin to restore trust and relevance in a region that has too often been failed by the ...
Are commercial interests driving Uganda’s military operations in DR Congo?
Ugandan soldiers said they ‘occupied’ two DRC towns as the Rwandan-backed M23 continues to hold territory elsewhere.
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3rd batch of South African troops deployed to DR Congo returns home
A third group of South African peacekeepers deployed to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo arrived back home Monday, ...