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The U.N. peacekeeping mission has suspended flights in Congo’s North-Kivu province following an attack on its helicopter last Friday, Reuters reported citing the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) and a World Food Programme (WFP) spokesperson on Monday. Flights between the provincial capital Goma and eastern cities of Beni and …

Security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo are searching for more than 800 prisoners set free by armed rebels. Army and other sources said two police officers and one rebel were killed in the assault on Kakwangura central prison, in North Kivu province. About 50 of the escapees were …

At least 24 people died in attacks over the weekend in villages in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern province of North Kivu, local media reported. From 9, the toll of these attacks attributed to Ugandan Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels has risen to 24. The villages attacked were set …

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo accused the Rwandan army of invasion after allegedly helping rebels take over Bunagana, a border town in North Kivu province. The Congolese M23 rebels took over the town on Monday after forcing some government soldiers to flee to neighbouring Uganda, media reported. In …

The Democratic Republic of Congo says its forces clashed with their Rwandan counterparts near the eastern border on Monday. According to an army spokesperson in North Kivu province, Rwandan forces crossed into Congo and tensions culminated into a clash. “A military company of Rwandan forces reached five kilometres into Congo…You …

Héritier Magayane, a journalist working for the national broadcaster in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has had his throat slit in the province of North Kivu. The announcement was made by the country’s officials. Heritier Magayane’s colleagues say his murder could be linked to his work, …

Militiamen have killed more than 10 people in a village in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, BBC News reports. The report says men armed with machetes attacked the village of Bulongo in North Kivu province in the middle of the night. Witnesses say they saw 12 bodies …