Dr Congo Killings

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  India Calls For UN Security Council Meeting After Attack in DR Congo

  India had called for a meeting of the United Nations Security Council after an attack on the UN mission in Congo killed Indian and Moroccan peacekeepers.

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  5 Killed, 50 Injured In Anti-UN Protests In East Congo

  At least five people have been killed and about 50 wounded during anti-UN protests in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma, government spokesman Patrick Muyaya said Tuesday.

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  DR Congo Plane Crash: 29 Dead After Plane Crashes At Densely Populated Area In Congo

  At least 29 people were killed Sunday when a small plane crashed after takeoff into a densely populated area of the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

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  50 Killed, 100 Burnt In Oil Tanker Road Crash In DR Congo, Says Official

  About 50 people died and 100 were burnt on Saturday after an oil tanker collided with a vehicle on an arterial highway in the west of DR Congo, the acting governor of the region said.

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  7 Dead In Troubled East Democratic Republic Of Congo

  Suspected Rwandan rebels killed seven people overnight in a region of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that has been shaken by ethnic violence, local officials said today.

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  14 Killed In East Congo By Suspected Rwandan Rebels: Officials

  Fourteen people were killed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo overnight, in an attack blamed on rebels from neighbouring Rwanda, local authorities and the military said today.

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  UN Denies 5 Civilians Killed in UN Helicopter Attack in DR Congo

  The United Nations on Thursday rejected accusations from a governor in the Democratic Republic of Congo that five civilians had been killed in a UN helicopter attack against rebel fighters this week.

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  At Least 3 Dead, Thousands Homeless in DR Congo Bushfires

  At least three people have been killed and thousands left homeless by bush fires raging in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, UN and NGO officials said Friday.

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  5 Killed in DR Congo Rebel Attack Near Beni

  Five people were killed in a new attack blamed on Ugandan rebels near Beni in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said on Tuesday.

• Around 100 Killed in East DR Congo, Uganda Rebels Blamed

  About 100 people were slaughtered last week in a fresh massacre in the restive east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, blamed by the government on Uganda rebels, lawmakers told AFP on Monday.

• At Least Nine Killed in DR Congo's Restive East

  At least nine people were killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile east where Ugandan rebels have recently staged bloody attacks, a top official said on Friday.

• 14 People Killed in Democratic Republic of Congo Machete Attack: NGO

  Fourteen people were killed in a machete attack by Ugandan rebels in the Beni region in the restive eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where nearly 100 civilians have already perished, a non-governmental group said Thursday.

• Women, Children Killed in New DR Congo Attack: Official

  Twenty-two people, most of them women and children, have been hacked and clubbed to death in the troubled east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, just days after a similar massacre, a government official said on Saturday.

• Blamed on Ugandan Rebels, DR Congo Attack Kills 26: Army

  Twenty six people have been killed in an attack on Beni, a major town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a Congolese army spokesman told AFP on Thursday.

• Haemorrhagic Fever Killed 13 in DR Congo in 10 days: Official

  A haemorrhagic fever of unknown origin has killed 13 people in the northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo since August 11, a health ministry official said.