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Congo-Kinshasa: Rebels Attack, Kill Peacekeepers, DRC Troops
UN News, 8 December 2017
At least 14 United Nations 'blue helmets' in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been killed and many more injured, in what the Secretary-General António… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Tanzanian Peacekeepers Among Those Killed in Attack
DW, 8 December 2017
Rebels in eastern DRC have carried out one of the deadliest attacks against UN forces in recent years. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called it "a war crime." Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: UN Peacekeepers, National Army Soldiers Killed in Rebel Attack
Monusco, 8 December 2017
In the evening of 7 December 2017, suspected ADF elements conducted an attack against a MONUSCO Company Operating Base at Force at Semuliki in Beni territory, North Kivu. Read more »
DR Congo Rebels Kill Peacekeepers, Govt Troops
Initial reports indicate that 14 United Nations peacekeepers and five Congolese soldiers were killed. An additional 53 peacekeepers were wounded in this incident.
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Tension and frustration are mounting across the country as President Joseph Kabila clings to power well after his second and supposedly final term in office expired last year. Read more »
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has said that the number of refugees that have fled into Zambia to escape militia violence in Haut-Katanga and Tanganyika ... Read more »
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The UN says the number of people forcibly displaced from their homes has more than doubled in the past two years with almost 430,000 displaced in the past three months. ... Read more »
