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In east DR Congo, displaced Muslims celebrate bleak Ramadan

Urdu Point 28 Mar 2023
Goma, DR Congo, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 28th Mar, 2023 ) .A brilliant setting sun illuminates the sky above the mosque of Munigi, a small clapboard building in troubled eastern DR Congo serving Muslims displaced by the M23 conflict.
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More than 20 civilians killed in DR Congo's restive east

Urdu Point 20 Mar 2023
Bunia, DR Congo, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Mar, 2023 ) .More than 20 civilians were reported killed in separate attacks in the restive east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where fighting also resumed over the weekend between the government and M23 insurgents, local sources told AFP on Sunday.
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Fierce fighting close to DR Congo's Goma

Urdu Point 10 Mar 2023
Goma, DR Congo, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 10th Mar, 2023 ) .Fighting erupted Friday between M23 militiamen and government troops near the eastern DR Congo city of Goma, where a European mercy flight arrived in the afternoon, sources said.
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UN Security Council team arrives in DR Congo

Urdu Point 10 Mar 2023
Kinshasa, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 10th Mar, 2023 ) .A United Nations Security Council delegation arrived in DR Congo on Thursday for a three-day visit, the world body said, as heavy clashes with M23 rebels continued in the east.
photo: AP / Al-hadji Kudra Maliro
Congolese Defense Forces soldiers and United Nation forces patrol the area of an attack near the town of Oicha, 30 kms (20 miles) from Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo, Friday July 23, 2021
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Fourty die in suspected DR Congo rebel attacks

Urdu Point 09 Mar 2023
Beni, DR Congo, March 9 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 9th Mar, 2023 ) .Suspected Allied Democratic Forces' militants have killed over 40 people in twin attacks in eastern DR Congo, local officials said Thursday, in the latest bloodshed across the turbulent region.
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M23 rebels clash with DR Congo troops despite ceasefire

Urdu Point 08 Mar 2023
Goma, DR Congo, March 7 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 8th Mar, 2023 ) .M23 rebels clashed with soldiers on two fronts in eastern DR Congo on Tuesday, officials said, despite a regional ceasefire deal due to take effect the same day.
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DR Congo launches voter registration in violence-torn east

Urdu Point 16 Feb 2023
Goma, DR Congo, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 16th Feb, 2023 ) .Voter registration ahead of year-end presidential elections got underway on Thursday in DR Congo's troubled east, where armed groups control swathes of territory and hundreds of thousands have fled their homes.
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UN troops kill eight civilians in DRC convoy attack: governor

Urdu Point 08 Feb 2023
Goma, DR Congo, Feb 8 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 9th Feb, 2023 ) .UN peacekeepers killed eight civilians during an attack on their supply convoy in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a military governor said on Wednesday ... The attack took place at Kanyaruchinya, where thousands of displaced people live ... ....
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Three protesters killed in attack on UN convoy in DR Congo

Urdu Point 08 Feb 2023
Goma, DR Congo, Feb 7 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 8th Feb, 2023 ) .At least three demonstrators were killed Tuesday in an attack on a UN convoy in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations mission in the country said in a statement ... At least 36 people were killed, including four peacekeepers, according to authorities ... ....
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East African leaders in Burundi for summit on DR Congo unrest

Urdu Point 04 Feb 2023
East African leaders were in Burundi on Saturday for a regional summit to discuss the raging conflict in eastern DR Congo. Nairobi (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 4th Feb, 2023 ) .East African leaders were in Burundi on Saturday for a regional summit to discuss the raging conflict in eastern DR Congo.
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East African leaders to hold talks on DR Congo unrest

Urdu Point 03 Feb 2023
East African leaders will meet in Burundi on Saturday for a summit on the conflict in eastern DR Congo, officials said. Nairobi, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 3rd Feb, 2023 ) .East African leaders will meet in Burundi on Saturday for a summit on the conflict in eastern DR Congo, officials said.
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After pope's call for peace, violence rages in east DR Congo

Urdu Point 03 Feb 2023
Goma, DR Congo, Feb 3 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 3rd Feb, 2023 ) .Pope Francis made repeated appeals for peace during his landmark trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo this week, but there was no let-up in fighting in the east ... armed groups operating in Congo's east.
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Massive crowds expected for papal mass in DR Congo capital

Urdu Point 01 Feb 2023
Kinshasa, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 1st Feb, 2023 ).Up to a million people are tipped to celebrate a papal mass in DR Congo's capital on Wednesday, on the second day of Pope Francis' visit to the conflict-torn country ... situation of war" plaguing DR Congo for years.
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One million faithful attend pope's mass in DR Congo capital

Urdu Point 01 Feb 2023
Kinshasa, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 1st Feb, 2023 ).Over a million worshippers turned out for a papal mass in DR Congo's capital Wednesday, organisers said, on the second day of Pope Francis's visit to the conflict-torn country.
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Conflict-torn DR Congo gears up for papal visit

Urdu Point 25 Jan 2023
Kinshasa, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 25th Jan, 2023 ) .In DR Congo's bustling capital Kinshasa, the faithful are flocking to impromptu market stalls in churchyards to buy t-shirts and wax tissues adorned with the image of Pope Francis, ahead of the pontiff's visit.

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