East Dr Congo

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  Ebola Case Suspected In DR Congo, Probe Underway: Report

  The Democratic Republic of Congo is investigating a suspected case of Ebola in its violence-wracked east, the World Health Organization said Saturday, just weeks after the end of a previous epidemic.

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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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  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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  16 Villagers Hacked To Death In Eastern DR Congo

  Attackers armed with machetes and axes hacked at least 16 civilians to death in a night-time assault on their village in the volatile east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, UN and local officials said Wednesday.

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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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  Fierce Clashes Between UN Peacekeepers, Uganda Rebels in DR Congo

  Fierce fighting between UN peacekeepers and Ugandan rebels raged in the restive east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, after a weekend attack by the mostly Muslim group left 24 people dead.

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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.

• UN Troops Prepare Offensive Against DR Congo Rebels

  UN troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo are taking up positions to support a planned offensive against Hutu rebels in the east after they ignored a deadline to surrender, a UN spokesman said on Monday.

• DR Congo Closes Camps for Displaced People in Volatile East

  Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile North Kivu province on Wednesday moved to close down camps for displaced people for security reasons, arguing that arms were hidden inside.

• 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.

• Army Clashes for Second Day with Rebels in East DR Congo

  The Congolese army on Tuesday clashed for a second day with suspected Ugandan rebels blamed for recent massacres in the country's volatile east, civil society and UN sources told AFP.

• 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.

• Mass jailbreak in DR Congo Claims Four Lives: Official

  At least four people were killed when 301 inmates broke out of the main prison in Bukavu in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the provincial justice minister said Friday.