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Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa attends a briefing for World Health Assembly (WHA) delegates on the Ebola outbreak response in Democratic Republic of the Congo at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, May 23, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
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WHO employees took part in Congo sex abuses in Ebola crisis, report says

In its long-awaited report, the commission found that some 21 of 83 alleged perpetrators were employed by the WHO, and that the abuses, which included nine allegations of rape, were committed by...

An ancestral statue known as Lusinga, dated to the 19th century, is pictured at the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA) as the Belgian government has announced plans to return pieces of art looted from Congo during colonial rule, in Tervuren, Belgium July 6, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman
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Belgium begins long road to returning looted Congolese art works

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At least 10 killed in overnight attack on eastern Congo city of Beni

Congo delegation team to visit Dhaka to bolster trade ties
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Congo delegation team to visit Dhaka to bolster trade ties

African Union President and President of Congo Democratic Republic Felix Tshisekedi speaks during a joint news conference at the end of the Summit on the Financing of African Economies in Paris, France May 18, 2021. Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS
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Congo president says Kinshasa hospitals 'overwhelmed' by coronavirus

Residents walk near destroyed homes with the smouldering lava deposited by the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo volcano. REUTERS/Djaffar Al Katanty
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Congo volcano observatory failed to predict eruption due to mismanagement, say workers

A Congolese child, Jolie, 11, prepares to evacuate from recurrent earth tremors as aftershocks after homes were covered with lava deposited by the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo near Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo May 25, 2021. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/Save the Children/Handout via REUTERS
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At least 50 killed in eastern Congo massacres: Research group

Congolese riders are seen near a crack on the road caused by earth tremors as aftershocks following the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo volcano near Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo May 26, 2021. REUTERS/Djaffar Al Katanty/File Photo
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Thousands flee Goma after Congo warns of possible new eruption

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Suspected Islamists kill 22 with knives, machetes in eastern Congo

A botched ransom attempt? Ambassador's death in Congo may not be what it seemed
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A botched ransom attempt? Ambassador's death in Congo may not be what it seemed

Residents walk near destroyed homes with the smouldering lava deposited by the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo volcano near Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo May 23, 2021. REUTERS/Djaffar Al Katanty
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Tremors shake Congo city, close schools, shops after volcanic eruption

Smouldering lava deposited by the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo volcano is seen near Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Photo: Reuters
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Congo volcano leaves death and smoking wreckage, but major city spared

Smoke and flames are seen at the Nyiragongo volcanic eruption from the Tchegera Island on Lake Kivu, near Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo May 22, 2021. REUTERS/Alex Miles
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Lava stops short of Congo city after volcanic eruption