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At least 15 people have died in separate attacks by armed groups in DR Congo's troubled northeastern province of Ituri, local sources and monitors said on Monday.

A militia group called CODECO on Sunday ransacked the village of Mabanga in Djugu territory, "killing six people, including four women," Ngandjole Assani, a representative of local grassroots groups, told AFP.

At least 15 people have died in separate attacks by armed groups in DR Congo's troubled northeastern province of Ituri, local sources

Congo now has evidence that former president Joseph Kabila stole millions of dollars from public funds using a sophisticated form of banking fraud An alleged “data leak” showed Kabila and his cronies used the Congo branch of the BGFI (Banque

Congo now has evidence that former president Joseph Kabila stole millions of dollars from public funds using a sophisticated form of banking fraud An alleged “data leak” showed Kabila and his cronies used the Congo branch of the BGFI (Banque

Congo now has evidence that former president Joseph Kabila stole millions of dollars from public funds using a sophisticated form of banking fraud An alleged “data leak” showed Kabila and his cronies used the Congo branch of the BGFI (Banque

ACLED Regional Overview – Africa (29 May - 4 June 2021) Format Last week in Africa, prominent national political figures survived assassination attempts in Uganda and Somalia; the French government announced a suspension of joint military operations in Mali, despite ongoing attacks by Islamist militants throughout the Central Sahel; and the government extended the state of siege in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, amid sustained and deadly attacks by multiple rebel groups in the regi...

The martial law was extended for 15 days as rebel attacks last month saw a volcanic eruption continue in the region. Politicians in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday voted to extend the fighting law during the eastern break of the country by 15 days, a month after civilian authorities replaced military administrations in North Kivu and Ituri provinces. Since the end of the 2003 civil war, there has been endemic violence in the eastern mineral-rich regions of the DRC, but insecurity h...

ACLED Regional Overview – Africa (17-23 April 2021) Format Last week in Africa, Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno was killed on the battlefield by rebel fighters, prompting a military takeover of the government; international forces maintained a prominent role in combatting entrenched Islamist and domestic militant insurgencies across the Sahel and central Africa; and dozens of fatalities were reported during ongoing intercommunal violence in South Sudan and Ethiopia. In Chad, President Idr...