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NEWS ABOUT: Congo

Congo stories: 29 news summaries

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 Thousands 
 Flee as Congo 
 Ceasefire Fails 

Heads of state meet as army, rebels kill dozens

Nov 7, 08 8:30 AM CST
(Newser) - The ceasefire in eastern Congo crumbled yesterday as Tutsi rebels and Hutu militias did battle, leaving dozens of bodies lying in the streets of a town near the Rwandan border and forcing 35,000 residents to flee, the Guardian reports. Hutu residents have accused the rebel army of Laurent Nkunda... More »

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Democratic Republic of Congo • Rwanda • Tutsi • rebel fighters • Goma • Ban Ki-Moon • Congo • Laurent Nkunda

 UN Boss Jets 
 to Congo Amid 
 New Fighting 

Fears of a wider conflict grow as rebel leader threatens to take Goma

Nov 5, 08 4:32 AM CST
(Newser) - UN chief Ban Ki-Moon is traveling to the Democratic Republic of Congo to press for a peace deal just as new fighting breaks out, the Guardian reports. The Congolese government has rejected peace talks with the rebels, who have vowed to attack the provincial capital of Goma and continue a... More »

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United Nations • peacekeeping force • Democratic Republic of Congo • humanitarian crisis • Rwanda • Ban Ki-Moon • Congo • Laurent Nkunda

OPINION

 War in Congo Is Over 
 Profit—From Us 

Westerners fund violence over control of minerals

Nov 1, 08 8:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - We’re told that the renewed bloodshed in Congo is spurred by tribal conflict and payback for the Rwandan genocide, but that’s not true, writes Johann Hari in the Independent. In fact, the war starting again there—"the deadliest war since Adolf Hitler"—is over Congo’s... More »

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genocide • war • natural resources • minerals • Rwanda • Congo

 Ceasefire Calms Congo 

10 dead as fleeing refugees run into brutal government soldiers

Oct 31, 08 6:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo has eased after rebels declared a cease-fire, reports the Los Angeles Times. As paramilitary forces moved through the countryside, refugees flooded into the eastern city of Goma—only to face assault, rape and murder at the hands of the Congolese army. UN officials... More »

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Africa • Democratic Republic of Congo • Tutsi • Goma • Congo • Laurent Nkunda

(AP) - The strategic Congolese city of Goma descended into chaos today, raising the likelihood of a bloody regional war. Government soldiers commandeered cars, taxis, and motorbikes in a retreat from advancing rebels, joining tens of thousands of terrified refugees struggling to stay ahead of the violence. Tutsi rebels said they had... More »

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Africa • United Nations • Rwanda • Uganda • Congo

 UN Pleads for Troops 
 as Congo Battle Rages 

Peacekeepers overwhelmed as rebels advance against government troops

Oct 29, 08 8:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - The overwhelmed United Nations peacekeeping force in eastern Congo is urgently calling for reinforcements, the AP reports. A surge in fighting between Congolese government troops and forces led by a renegade general has sent tens of thousands fleeing. The UN currently has only 6,000 troops in North Kivu, where... More »

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United Nations • peacekeeper • Democratic Republic of Congo • Rwanda • Hutu • Tutsi • Kivu • Goma • Congo • Laurent Nkunda

 HIV/AIDS May Be 100 Years Old 

Evidence of old strain discovered in Congo

Oct 2, 08 3:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The HIV/AIDS epidemic exploded in the 1980s, but new research shows HIV was plaguing the human population in Africa for a century before that. Old collections of human tissue samples from the Congo have produced evidence of old strains of HIV that may have emerged in 1908, reports Nature. More »

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HIV • DNA • genome • University of Alabama • HIV/AIDS • Pasteur Institute • Congo • biopsy • Leopoldville

Congo Probes Witchcraft Stampede Deaths

13 killed after accusations of sorcery provoke fighting, panic

Sep 16, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Accusations of witchcraft led to a deadly stampede at a soccer game in the Congo, the BBC reports. Fighting broke out between rival teams after players from one team accused the rival team's goalkeeper of casting spells. Police intervened but were pelted with rocks by the crowd. They fired tear... More »

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soccer riots • soccer • Democratic Republic of Congo • Kivu • witchcraft • stampede • Congo

Ben Affleck Does Congo Essay for 'Nightline'

Actor capitalizes on celebrity for humanitarian purposes

Jun 26, 08 12:33 PM CDT
(AP) - "Nightline" will focus on the humanitarian crisis in the Congo with the help of an unusual correspondent—Ben Affleck. The actor took a TV crew on his recent African mission to spread the word on a story little noticed in the United States, AP reports. His motive was to... More »

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Ben Affleck • Congo • Nightline

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