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Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (), commonly referred to as DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa or the DRC, is a country located in Central Africa.

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Area

  • 2344858.0 km2

Population

  • 71712867

Currency

  • Congolese franc

Form of Government

  • Semi-presidential system
  • Republic
Congolese army says they've killed 80 rebels in E. Congo from neighboring Uganda, Rwanda

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A Congolese general says the army has killed 80 rebels from neighboring Rwanda and Uganda who crossed into volatile eastern Congo.

Gen. Amuli Bahigwa said Tuesday the army killed the rebels in an operation that started June 1. He said four soldiers were killed and that Ugandan rebels killed eight civilians.Eastern Congo has been wracked by violence since Rwanda's 1994 genocide spilled war across the border. Ugandan rebels have spread their 20-year fight to Congo, Sudan and Central African Republic .Wednesday is Congo's 50th anniversary of independence from Belgium . The vast Central African nation has struggled to develop despite great mineral wealth. Congo is the size of Western Europe but has few paved roads and is covered by near-impenetrable forest where fighters take refuge....

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  1. Congo to start new case against 2 Norwegians earlier sentenced to death for espionage, murder

    KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A Congolese military judge says he has thrown out a ruling that sentenced two Norwegians to death on espionage and murder charges and ordered ...

  2. Congo security says it has suspended head of police in connection with rights activist's death

    KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo's national security official says the head of police has been suspended to allow a deeper investigation into the death last week of a le...

  3. Congo police say several arrests made in connection with rights activist's death

    KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Several arrests have been made in connection to the killing this week of a leading Congolese human rights activist, a police commander in the ...

  4. UN: 2 UN personnel killed during northern Congo clashes between military, militia

    KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The United Nations ' head of Congo peacekeeping operations says two U.N. personnel have been killed during fighting between the Congolese mili...

  5. Uganda Fighters Attack Military Base in East Congo

    KINSHASA, Congo -- A Congolese army official says Ugandan militiamen launched an overnight attack on a military base in eastern Congo in an attempt to free detained ...

  6. Global Witness: Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda amassed war chest from mining

    A Congolese general who recently defected from the army and is believed to be behind the country's most recent rebellion is apparently bankrolling the operation with...

  7. 48 women raped every hour in Congo , new study shows, far surpassing previous estimates

    The African nation of Congo has been called the worst place on earth to be a woman. A new study released Wednesday shows that it's even worse than previously thought...

  8. Congo's president pays a visit to the site of deadly tanker explosion; 242 dead

    KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A government official says that Congo's president is heading to the site of the massive tanker blast in eastern Congo that killed at least 242...

  9. Congo : UN Says at Least 220 Dead in Oil Explosion

    SANGE, Congo -- A tanker truck hauling fuel on a rural eastern Congo highway overturned, gushing oil and exploding in a massive fireball that killed at least 220 bys...

  10. Killing of Congolese activist reflects struggle for power in Congo ahead of 2011 elections

    DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — When police hauled Floribert Chebeya Bahizire in for questioning in March, they made him get down on the floor and held a gun to his head durin...

  11. Conflict Minerals in the Congo

    Spotlighting electronics-driven violence in Congo

  12. War crimes prosecutor nominated as FIFA investigator

    Top international prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo, best known for pursuing war criminals, has been nominated as chief investigator at FIFA, soccer's scandal-plagued go...

  1. Dissident Congolese colonel says his men won't disarm, as Congo cease-fire expires

    A group of Congolese soldiers who created a rebel group after defecting from the army have no intention of laying down their weapons despite an ultimatum from the go...

  2. Clashes resume in eastern Congo , as new rebel group refuses to put down arms

    Fighting resumed Friday in eastern Congo between the army and a group of ex-soldiers who left the military to form a new rebel group, an army spokesman said, ending ...

  3. Clinton Ignores Questions on Outburst in Congo

    A close aide to Hillary Clinton dismissed as "psychobabble" the fuss over the secretary of state's barbed response to a questioner asking for her famous husband's op...

  4. Human Rights Watch: Renegade Congolese general Bosco has recruited nearly 150 boys, teens

    A Congolese general already sought on an international arrest warrant for his alleged use of child soldiers during an earlier conflict has forcibly recruited another...

  5. Rights group says a former Congolese warlord walks freely in Congo despite warrant for arrest

    A former Congolese warlord accused of conscripting child soldiers walks freely and is serving in the Congolese military despite a warrant for his arrest, an internat...

  6. Congolese rights activist found dead; Amnesty says he may have been killed for his work

    KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A leading Congolese human rights activist killed this week had suffered a pattern of intimidation because of his work, a senior U.N. official ...

  7. UN: Nearly 5,000 people displaced after clashes in Congo's North Kivu province

    Nearly 5,000 people, mostly women, children and the elderly, have been displaced because of fighting in Congo's North Kivu province, the United Nations refugee agenc...

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