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On March 18, President Félix Tshisekedi announced an immediate ban on funeral gatherings, both in halls and homes. (Finbarr O’Reilly/Reuters)
BUJUMBURA

Tensions loom over the Great Lakes region

President Félix Tshisekedi should abandon plans to invite neighbouring militaries into the eastern DRC

  • Nelleke van de Walle
6 min read
KISANGANI

‘A lot of work’ to train DRC’s new army

Questions about pay in the new army’s first and only brigade prompt chuckles among the men. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), soldiering on a steady salary has never…

  • Todd Pitman
5 min read
KISANGANI

Congo rebels kill hundreds after uprising

More than 100 people are reported to have been massacred in the Democratic Republic of Congo in an apparent bid to shore up Rwanda’s unpopular occupation of the country’s eastern…

  • James Astill
2 min read
KISANGANI

150 mutilated bodies found in Congo river

Aid workers have recovered at least 150 mutilated bodies from two rivers after reprisal killings for an uprising in Kisangani.

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read