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Demonstrators gather in front of a burning car during an opposition rally in Kinshasa on September 19, 2016. EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP

U.N. Rights Chief Warns Congo to Pull Back from Brink

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 22, 2016 | World

The U.N. human rights chief on Thursday directed blame at Democratic Republic of Congo’s government for surging political tensions that sparked deadly clashes in the capital Kinshasa this week, warning the authorities are risking a large-scale crisis. “The...

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Vitaly Churkin (L), President of the Security Council for March, chairs the Security Council meeting on the situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in New York, March 28, 2013 (UN Photo/JC McIlwaine)

UN Approves Combat Force to ‘Neutralize’ Congo Rebels

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 29, 2013 | World

United Nations, Reuters—The UN Security Council on Thursday approved the creation of a unique new combat force that is to carry out “targeted offensive operations” to neutralize armed groups in conflict-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The...

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Fugitive Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda talks on his mobile phone at his office in Goma, April 4, 2009. Source: REUTERS/Paul Harera

US Working Out What To Do With Congo ICC Suspect

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 19, 2013 | World

Kigali, Reuters—The US embassy in Rwanda was working out on Tuesday what to do with a Congolese warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court, a day after Bosco Ntaganda walked off the street and turned himself in to face war crimes charges. Ntaganda stunned US...