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Learn about sources of continued violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and how the United Nations, African Union, and neighboring countries are struggling to curtail it.
The World Health Organization (WHO) actively responds to anthrax epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) ...
A new agreement between DRC and Rwanda seeks to end violence in eastern DRC, but many local residents remain uncertain about ...
"I am a mother of four children whom I send to school. I collect empty plastic bottles; after washing them, I fill them with water or fruit juice from a powdered preparation, put them in the freezer, ...
Anselme Hamundwate, 23, right, and Mumbere Hamundwate, 25, work in a field in Katwa. After months of fighting in Lubero ...
U.S. funded treatments in the country have helped reduce deaths from HIV/AIDS to around 14,000 a year, from as high as 200,000.
The DRC and Rwanda have signed a new deal to repatriate refugees, but violence and mistrust still threaten any lasting ...
The recent peace agreement signed between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda fails to address justice for the ...
The peace agreement recently signed between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda is only a beginning; the r ...
In eastern DRC, hopes for lasting peace remain fragile. The M23 rebel group, which controls key territory, responded ...
GOLD miner Twangiza Mining SA has accused Rwanda-backed M23 rebels of forcing its employees to work without pay after seizing ...