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1.5 tonnes of elephant ivory have been seized in southeast DR Congo
The contraband represents 80 to 100 slaughtered elephants.
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The contraband represents 80 to 100 slaughtered elephants.
The train was a freight service which had been carrying “several hundred stowaways”, according to officials.
The 28-year-old was omitted from his country’s squad for the recent Africa Cup of Nations.
The abuses were committed by the UN agency’s staff who were in the country to fight an Ebola outbreak from 2018 to 2020.
The latest incident comes just a week after Mount Nyiragongo devastated the area prompting an evacuation of the city.
The city of Goma is under an evacuation order as Government officials said a major eruption is imminent.
Mount Nyiragongo erupted last night for the first time since 2002.
The wide use of vaccinations helped curb the disease, the WHO said.
The allegations were linked to WHO efforts to tackle Ebola in the country.
King Philippe earlier expressed his “deepest regrets” for the harm done during Belgian colonial rule in DR Congo, in a first for his country.
They beat two-time winners DR Congo to reach the competition’s quarter-finals
The number of reported cases is 42, including two confirmed.
The 38-year-old was blamed by Togolese fans for his role in the 3-1 defeat to Morocco.
The country’s justice minister said the group’s leader told them they had to rape very young girls to be assured of supernatural protection.
The International Criminal Court has convicted Jean-Pierre Bemba on five charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The human rights organisation has accused Apple and Samsung, among others, of failing to ensure that cobalt mined by child labourers has not been used in their products.
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Maud Kells, from Cookstown, was attacked by raiders at her rainforest home. She was shot twice, and wounded in her shoulder.
The country’s health minister said this does not mean they are completely out of danger.
The team has a lot of work to do to qualify for next year’s Africa Cup of Nations.
The children, some as young as eight-years-old, were recruited by the group over the last six months.
Barrie Rooney, a biomedical analyst from Co Leitrim, explains what motivates her to travel to remote areas of Africa to treat patients suffering from sleeping sickness – and how her Irish culture helps her connect with the people she helps.
Seven million people have died as a result of war in DR Congo since 1998 – making it the one of the deadliest conflicts since World War II, said the Minister for Trade and Development.
A rebel militia in the Democratic Republic of Congo has seized control of an eastern town after days of fighting that have left more than 80 people dead, the UN has confirmed.
Eleven African countries have been invited to sign a UN-brokered accord aiming to end more than two decades of conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Rebels have refused to withdraw before holding direct talks with the government, which has in turn refused to negotiate without a withdrawal.
A rebel group seeking to overthrow the Congolese government makes gains, and millions of civilians are displaced by the conflict.
Various lobby and protest groups held demonstrations in Dublin today, to coincide with the Budget announcements. Here’s a sample.
At least 18 people have been killed and 100 seriously injured in election violence in Democratic Republic of Congo, according to Human Rights Watch.
The African country could be plunged into violence again if it is unable to agree on the results of the presidential and legislative election – the first government-led elections since the end of the last war.
Rescuers pulled 40 survivors from the wreckage of the flight, which came down in heavy weather in the DR Congo.
Children in war-ravaged Congo are mining the materials used to make our mobiles. Film-maker Frank Poulsen describes the horror inside the tunnels.
Early indications say a plane carrying UN staff members broke into pieces, with the death toll likely to rise.
Jean-Pierre Bemba faces charges of murder, rape and pillage during the most important trial at the International Criminal Court to date.
The same communities that were horrifically abused by rebels months ago may have been targeted again by the troops meant to protect them.
500 men, women and children were raped in rebel attacks just miles from the UN’s largest peacekeeping mission outpost.
Sexual violence considered a weapon of war in DRC.
Reports say 200 women were raped by rebels during a four-day seizure of a town.