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Peace begins behind bars: A corrections officer’s fight for dignity inside Congo’s prisons
Olukemi Ibikunle took a deep breath. The job fit her to a T but would take her far from her family in Lagos, Nigeria. Then the 38-year-old project manager did what any meticulous planner would: she called home. “I spoke to my husband, and he said,...
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In Eastern Drc, Journalist Faces Knife Attack, Threats, Another Detained 3 Times
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By Committee to Protect Journalists Kinshasa, October 6, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to protect journalists, following a knife attack, robbery, and death threats against...
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In DR Congo, M23 militia takes root as diplomacy stalls
While a peace deal is proving slow to take effect on the ground, the M23 armed group is consolidating its political and economic hold on the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It has begun recruiting officials and imposing taxes, as well...
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M23 Militia Strengthen Political & Economic Control Over Mineral Rich DR Congo As Diplomacy Stalls
Although a peace agreement is struggling to take hold on the ground, the M23 armed group is strengthening its political and economic control over eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The group is actively appointing officials, collecting...
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DRC : Joseph Kabila sentenced to death by a military court
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SOS Médias Burundi Goma, October 1, 2025 – Former President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, was sentenced to death on Tuesday, September 30, by the Kinshasa High Military Court, in absentia. The former Head of State was also...
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Trump’s peace hopes for Rwanda-Congo face threats
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President Trump’s top officials are raising alarm that violence on the ground in eastern Congo is outpacing U.S. efforts to implement a peace deal to end 30 years of conflict between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. The warnings from...
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DRC ex-president Kabila sentenced to death in absentia for ‘treason’
Kinshasa – A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday sentenced ex-president Joseph Kabila to death in absentia for “treason”. Kabila, 54, who was neither present nor represented at the trial in the capital, Kinshasa, was...
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DRC’s Kabila Sentenced to Death in Absentia
⬆️ Regional Briefing | DRC’s Kabila Sentenced to Death in Absentia A military court in Kinshasa has sentenced former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila to death in absentia for war crimes and treason, marking an...
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DRC’s ex-president Kabila sentenced to death in absentia by military court
KINSHASA, DRC – Former Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila was sentenced to death in absentia on Tuesday by a military court that convicted him of war crimes, treason, and crimes against humanity. The case stems from his alleged...
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Congo’s military court sentences ex-president to death
KINSHASA: Former Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila was sentenced to death in absentia on Tuesday by a military court that convicted him of war crimes, treason, and crimes against humanity. The case stems from his alleged role in...
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Congo's ex-president Kabila sentenced to death in absentia for treason
A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday sentenced ex-president Joseph Kabila to death in absentia for "treason". Kabila, 54, who was neither present nor represented at the trial in the capital, Kinshasa, was found guilty of...
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Congo’s ex-president Kabila sentenced to death in absentia, fined $50 billion
World News Former Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila (Reuters image) KINSHASA: Former Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila was sentenced to death in absentia on Tuesday by a military court that convicted him of...
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Why Kabila’s conviction could muddle the search for peace in eastern Congo
Joseph Kabila ruled the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for 18 years, during which he suspended the death sentence in the country. But now, he faces the hangman’s noose, convicted of murder, war crimes, rape, treason, conspiracy against the...
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Congo: Ex-President Kabila Gets Death Sentence, $50Bn Fine Over M23 Rebel Ties
Home Africa Congo: Ex-President Kabila Gets Death Sentence, $50Bn Fine Over M23 Rebel Ties As M23 marched on east Congo's second-largest city of Bukavu in February, Tshisekedi told the Munich Security Conference that Kabila had sponsored the...
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Road to Peace: A Slippery Mountain to Climb for the DRC
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Dr. Yvan Yenda Ilunga|Published 5 hours ago 7min Dr. Yvan Yenda Ilunga The path to peace for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Great Lakes region is a path of bold moves and collective accountability. The current political and...
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DRC: M23 rebels capture gold-rich Nzibira town in South Kivu
The March 23 Movement (M23) rebels have captured Nzibira town and surrounding areas southwest of Walungu territory in South Kivu province, following days of heavy clashes with the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and allied...
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Sophie says sexual violence should ‘get under your skin’ during DR Congo visit
The Duchess of Edinburgh has said the issue of sexual violence must be allowed to “get under your skin” as she met women affected by conflict-related rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Sophie spent four days in the country during a...
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Duchess of Edinburgh says sexual violence must ‘get under your skin’ after hearing harrowing stories in Congo
The Duchess of Edinburgh said the subject of sexual violence must be allowed to “get under your skin” as she met survivors of conflict-related rape during a four-day trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Sophie travelled to the country...
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Duchess of Edinburgh visits rape survivors in Congo war zone
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The Duchess of Edinburgh said the “scale” of sexual violence is “enormous” as she met conflict-related rape survivors in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Sophie, 60, spent four days in the country to “shine a light” on the “weaponisation of...
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Sophie tackles jungle, turns seamstress and bags gorilla toy on DR Congo visit
The Duchess of Edinburgh tested her jungle survival skills, helped weave baskets and left with a cuddly gorilla toy during her visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). On Monday, after landing in Beni in conflict-hit eastern DRC, Sophie...
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