Extremists with ties to the Islamic State group kill at least 26 people in eastern Congo – Winnipeg Free Press
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Conflict has been simmering in eastern Congo for decades where more than 120 armed groups are fighting in the region
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni announced Saturday that the country's military helicopters launched an attack on a camp of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels, located 60 km from the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). "The attack was devastating because it was a clear target,…
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With little over two months until a general election, Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi on Thursday said some conditions of military rule in conflict-hit eastern provinces would be eased, partly to encourage participation in the vote. He stopped short of cancelling the state of siege in North Kivu and Ituri provinces despite pressure to do so from civil society groups and the opposition who say it has done little to contain the many militias destabilising the east since it was imposed in April 2021. As he campaigns for a second term, his administration has had to deny allegations from rig...