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Two countries signed a peace deal in Washington. On the ground, little has changed

In the heart of Africa, in the mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, new recruits are being trained for battle. The scores of militia groups that have fought for three decades in one of ...
UNHCR

UNHCR cautiously welcomes North Kivu peace deal

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, January 24 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency has welcomed a peace agreement signed this week by rival warring groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the ...
Digital Journal

‘So happy’: Relief as boats resume on DR Congo’s war-torn Lake Kivu

Bukavu depends in part on agricultural products grown in North Kivu and transported from the port of Goma - Copyright TURKISH PRESIDENCY PRESS OFFICE/AFP Handout ...
The New Yorker

Can Trump’s Peace Initiative Stop the Congo’s Thirty-Year War?

When I visited the king of Bukumu, Mwami Butsitsi Kahembe IV Isaac, he was dressed in a crisp white caftan, with the skin of a leopard killed by his great-grandfather slung over his shoulders. A crown ...
Mercy Corps

Humanitarian Catastrophe Unfolds in DRC’s North and South Kivu as Violence Escalates: INGOs Urge Immediate Action

International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs) operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) express their grave concern over the consequences of ongoing combat in the city of Goma since ...