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Stay current with all the latest and breaking news from Kinshasa, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 29 stories have been published about Kinshasa which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.Stay current with all the latest and breaking news from Kinshasa, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 29 stories have been published about Kinshasa which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.
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Europe · GenevaTensions between the population in restive eastern Congo and the U.N. peacekeeping force have risen dramatically in the past week. Protesters accuse the peacekeepers of failing to protect civilians amid rising violence. Congo's mineral-rich east is home to myriad rebel groups. Security has worsened there despite a year of emergency operations.See the Story
Several killed after UN peacekeepers open fire in eastern DR Congo
46% Center coverage: 33 sources
Climate Change · KinshasaThe Democratic Republic of Congo says it will auction rights to drill for oil in more than two dozen areas, including a rainforest region that green groups say should be protected.Twenty-seven blocks for oil exploration and three for gas will be auctioned off from 28 July, the minister for hydrocarbons, Didier Budimbu, announced late on Monday.See the Story
Congo to auction land to oil companies: ‘Our priority is not to save the planet’
52% Center coverage: 27 sources
Politics · KinshasaPatrice Lumumba is widely hailed as the nationalist activist who helped to end colonial rule. He became the country's first prime minister and was assassinated within a year in 1961. The ceremony for the interment of his remains comes after Belgium returned them to Congo earlier this month.See the Story
Congo buries murdered independence hero Lumumba's only remains
63% Center coverage: 22 sources
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Europe · GenevaThe central African nation's government asked the peacekeeping mission, known as MONUSCO, to withdraw spokesman Mathias Gillmann. Gillmann made "indelicate and inappropriate remarks" he made, the letter said. Protests against the mission erupted in parts of eastern Congo last week, leading to the death of 36 people including four UN peacekeepers.See the Story
Congo asks UN mission spokesman to leave amid unrest
59% Center coverage: 17 sources
Politics · VaticanPope Francis urged the people and leaders of Congo and South Sudan on Saturday to “turn a page” and forge new paths of reconciliation, peace and development. Francis issued a video message on the day he had planned to begin a weeklong pilgrimage to the two African countries. He canceled the scheduled trip last month because of knee pain that makes walking and standing difficult.See the Story
Pope urges Congo, South Sudan to work for peace, prosperity
52% Center coverage: 21 sources
International · KinshasaA Congolese woman was kidnapped twice by militants in the Democratic Republic of Congo. She was repeatedly raped and forced to cook and eat human flesh, a rights group says. The U.N. Security Council was meeting for a regular briefing on Congo. Heavy fighting between the government and rebel groups since late May has sparked a surge in violence.See the Story
Congolese woman raped, forced to cook and eat human flesh: Rights activist
50% Left coverage: 12 sources
Europe · BrusselsFormer Corporal Albert Kunyuku, now 100, was decorated Commander of the Order of the Crown. He fought in then-Burma during the Second World War, on behalf of Belgium. The king also was expected to address Congo's parliament later in the day.See the Story
Belgian king starts Congo visit, gives award to WWII veteran
70% Center coverage: 17 sources
International · KinshasaThe Democratic Republic of Congo has declared the end of its 14th Ebola outbreak. There were four confirmed cases of Ebola and one probable case, all of whom died. The outbreak was the third in Congo’s north-west Equateur province. A total of 2,104 people were vaccinated, including 302 contacts and 1307 frontline workers.See the Story
Democratic Republic of Congo declares end to Ebola outbreak
78% Center coverage: 9 sources
Europe · BrusselsBelgium and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have agreed on a way forward for their relationship: Try not to talk about the past. Belgian King Philippe is visiting his country's former colony for the first time this week. King Philippe's great-great-uncle seized Congo as his personal fiefdom in the 19th century, in a rule that was characterized by forced labor, mass mutilation and the death of up to 10 million people.See the Story
Belgian king reiterates regrets for colonial past in DR Congo, stops short of apology
Coverage: 7 sources
United Nations · KinshasaThe U.N. special envoy for Congo warned Wednesday that the M23 rebel group has increasingly acted as a conventional army during escalating military action in the country’s volatile east and could threaten the U.N. peacekeeping force charged with protecting civilians.See the Story
UN envoy warns Congo’s M23 rebels are acting like an army
71% Center coverage: 7 sources
Troops · RwandaThe armed forces of Democratic Republic of Congo have accused Rwanda of sending 500 special forces in disguise into Congolese territory. Congo accuses Rwanda of actively supporting the M23 rebel group, which has been waging its most sustained offensive in Congo's eastern borderlands. The Rwandan government and the United Nations mission in Congo did not immediately respond to a request for comment.See the Story
Congo accuses Rwanda of sending disguised troops across border
Coverage: 4 sources
