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2025-04-13 12:40:19

Eyebrows Raised as Ex-DRC President Returns Home Amid Ongoing War Between Tshisekedi’s Gov't & M23
Former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila has made a dramatic return to the country, ending years of political silence and self-imposed exile. His reappearance comes at a time of deep national instability, as President Félix Tshisekedi’s government struggles to contain a prolonged rebellion by the M23 insurgents in the eastern region. Kabila’s return...

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2025-04-13 12:23:42

Dozens are reported killed in east Congo as the government and Rwanda-backed rebels trade blame
GOMA, Congo (AP) — At least 50 people were killed in weekend attacks in conflict-battered east, authorities said Saturday. The government traded blame with Rwanda-backed rebels over who was responsible for the violence that quickly escalated the conflict in the region. The renewed violence that residents reported in and around the region’s largest city of Goma — which the...

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2025-04-12 16:45:29

Heavy fighting erupts overnight in Congo's Goma
Goma, April 12 Intense gunfire and artillery fire shook the western neighbourhoods of Goma overnight from Friday to Saturday, plunging the city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) into panic, according to local sources. Residents in the Keshero and Lac-Vert districts reported heavy shooting and explosions beginning around 10 pm local time on Friday. The barrage continued for...

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2025-04-09 09:17:40

DRC’s Joseph Kabila Announces Return to DRC, Raising Political Tensions
Kinshasa, April 9, 2025 — Former Congolese President Joseph Kabila has announced his return to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after years of silence and self-imposed exile, a move that is likely to reshape the country’s turbulent political landscape. In a statement posted on X (formerly Twitter), Kabila declared, “I’m going home. After six years of silence and a...

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2025-04-08 20:29:31

American DRC coup plotters are on their way back to U.S.
Left to right: Tyler Thompson Jr., Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun and Marcel Malanga upon their release from a Congolese prison. Three Americans who were originally sentenced to death for their part in an attempted coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo last May have been put on a plane to the U.S., according to the spokesperson for the Congolese president. The U.S. embassy in Kinshasa has...

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2025-04-08 06:16:47

Flooding death toll in Congo's capital reaches 33 as officials race to help victims
KINSHASA, Congo — The death toll from flooding that cut access to over half of the Congolese capital of Kinshasa reached 33 as authorities raced Monday to evacuate and support hundreds of families trapped in their homes. Ten more people were confirmed dead as of Sunday evening, in addition to the 23 people killed the day before, Congolese Interior Minister Jacquemin Shabani said on state...

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