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A women-led music festival pushes for peace in Congo's conflict-ridden eastern region

A women-organized music festival in Goma brings thousands together to push back against violence and call for peace

The Independent UK

French UN aid worker among three killed in DRC drone strike

A French aid worker for the United Nations children’s agency Unicef and two other people were killed in a drone strike on a residential building in the eastern city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Radio France Internationale

Drone strike reportedly kills at least 1 person in the eastern Congo city of Goma

A series of explosions attributed to drones has killed at least one person as the attack rocked downtown Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo

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French aid worker among three killed in drone strike in east DRC, M23 rebels say

Rebel group blames government for attack on residential area of M23-controlled city of Goma

The Guardian - UK

Families mourn those killed in a Congo mine landslide as some survivors prepare to return

A landslide last week killed at least 200 people in eastern Congo at a rebel-controlled coltan mine and families of the deceased are mourning their lost loved ones

The Independent UK

Goma in eastern Congo is hanging by a thread a year after the city fell to Rwanda-backed rebels

The M23 rebel group still controls Goma, a year after taking the main city in eastern Congo

The Independent UK

Goma's residents reflect on life a year after DR Congo city fell to M23 rebels

A year after the M23 armed group and its Rwandan allies seized Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the politico-military movement has stepped up measures to tighten its grip on the lakeside city. RFI spoke to residents about family loss, trying to adapt to daily life without a…

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A free childbirth program ends in eastern Congo at the worst of times

It is increasingly difficult to give birth in eastern Congo

The Independent UK

DR Congo-Rwanda peace deal faces skepticism as violence persists in Goma

On the frontline, both sides accuse each other of violating the cease-fire. The Congolese army says rebels reignited hostilities, while AFC-M23 counters that government forces bombed their positions

Euronews

Over €1.5 billion pledged for Africa's Great Lakes region at Paris conference

At the close of an international conference in Paris on the Great Lakes region, French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that €1.5 billion has been pledged in aid. Meanwhile the airport in Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, will reopen to humanitarian flights.

Radio France Internationale

NGOs urge humanitarian push at Great Lakes conference in Paris

France and Togo are co-hosting a conference in Paris on Thursday to support peace and prosperity in the Great Lakes region of Africa. A coalition of international NGOs will urge participants to step up their financial response to the "unprecedented humanitarian crisis" in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring…

Radio France Internationale

On the front line of Congo’s conflict, a trauma center tells a story of horror and survival

In eastern Congo, Jerome Jean Claude Amani stands on a prosthetic leg and talks of a new future after being badly wounded in a rebel attack

The Independent UK

‘I’m from where you learn to run before you can walk’: the comic strip artist telling the story of DRC’s conflict

Edizon Musavuli uses his art to depict the daily struggles and constant insecurity of living in the rebel-occupied city of Goma

The Guardian - UK

Supporters of ex-DRC President Kabila denounce proposed death penalty as 'sham'

Prosecutors in a military court in Democratic Republic of Congo have requested the death penalty for former leader Joseph Kabila who is on trial in absentia on charges including treason over alleged support for Rwanda-backed M23 armed group. Kabila's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (PPRD), called it "a sham trial…

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Al Jazeera

M23-DR Congo peace talks in Doha stalled: What next?

Both sides accuse the other of violating the terms of an earlier deal mediated by Qatar.

Radio France Internationale

DR Congo tries ex-president Joseph Kabila in absentia for treason

Former Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila went on trial in absentia Friday on charges including treason over his alleged support for Rwanda-backed militants.

Al Jazeera

UN experts cast blame on Rwanda and Uganda. What are they doing in DRC?

M23 rebels take ‘instructions’ from Kigali, as Kampala ‘doubles’ army presence in DRC, says leaked report by UN experts.

The Independent UK

Catholics in Congo honor an anti-corruption martyr newly beatified by the Vatican

The remains of a Congolese customs worker who was killed for resisting a bribe and beatified by the Vatican have been transferred to a local cathedral

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Solar minigrid brings light and hope to a Goma neighborhood, offering blueprint for rest of Congo

A solar minigrid in a Goma neighborhood where almost everyone lacked access to electricity just five years ago is offering a flicker of hope despite widespread poverty and the city’s violent takeover by Congolese rebels early this year

Radio France Internationale

From Goma to Cape Town, the young Congolese athlete pedalling for peace

Miguel Masaisai, a 23-year-old athlete from Goma in Democratic Republic of Congo, is cycling 6,000 kilometres from his hometown to Cape Town in South Africa, in a bid to promote peace and unity in his troubled country. He talks to RFI about his Pedals for Peace project and the message…

The Independent UK

Customs worker killed for refusing bribe could be Congo’s first saint

He is being hailed as a martyr for opposing the mafiosi ‘in the name of the Gospel’

The Independent UK

UN peacekeeping chief in Congo meets M23 leaders in first visit to rebel-held city

The head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo met with leaders of the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 on Friday in Goma, in her first visit to the eastern city of Goma since its capture by the insurgents

Radio France Internationale

Qatar offers proposal in stalled peace talks between DRC and M23

Qatar has presented a draft peace proposal to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels following months of mediation in Doha. But from Kinshasa, progress looks slow and uncertain.

Al Jazeera

Ex-DRC President Kabila holds talks in M23-held city of Goma: Reports

Joseph Kabila is visiting the eastern city of Goma, which has been seized by rebels, after he was stripped of immunity.

Radio France Internationale

Former DRC president Kabila visits rebel-held Goma for controversial talks

The former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo Joseph Kabila has arrived in the rebel-held city of Goma in the east of the country for talks with locals, according to sources close to him, after declaring he wanted to help end the crisis in the war-ravaged region.

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