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Thousands forced to flee fighting in Congo as Rwanda-backed rebels capture key city of Goma

By Justin Kabumba Katumwa, Chinedu Asadu, Associated Press

Residents in eastern Congo’s largest city of Goma are fleeing after Rwanda-backed rebels claimed to have captured the regional hub from Congolese forces.

Congo's M23 rebels say they have taken control of key eastern city as fighting kills peacekeepers

By Justin Kabumba Katumwa, Mark Banchereau, Associated Press

Rwanda-backed rebels claimed they captured eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, early Monday, as the United Nations described a “mass panic” among its 2 million people and Congo’s government said the rebel advance was a “declaration of war.”…

Congo wants UN peacekeepers to leave, but endless war complicates that

By Sam Mednick, Ruth Alonga, Associated Press

The end of one of the world’s deadliest and yet most shadowy wars is as difficult to predict as the end of the large peacekeeping force meant to contain it.

Congo begins mpox vaccination rollout nearly two months after WHO declared global emergency

By Ruth Alonga, Associated Press

The 265,000 doses donated to Congo by the European Union and the U.S. were rolled out in the eastern city of Goma in North Kivu province, where hospitals and health workers have been overstretched, struggling to contain the new and possibly more infectious…

At least 78 dead after passenger boat capsizes on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo

By Ruth Alonga, Jean-Yves Kamale, Associated Press

A boat has capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo, killing at least 50 people.

Congo accuses Rwanda before an East Africa court of helping rebels fight Congolese forces

By Sukhdev Chhatbar, Associated Press

A regional court in East Africa opened proceedings on Thursday in a case filed by Congo against neighboring Rwanda, accusing it of violating Congo's sovereignty and territorial integrity by sending troops to help rebels in the country's east.

Congo military court sentences 3 U.S. citizens and 34 others to death on coup charges

By Jean-Yves Kamale, Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press

The U.S. State Department has not declared the three Americans wrongfully detained, making it unlikely that U.S. officials would try to negotiate their return.

Why it's so difficult to get mpox vaccines to areas facing an outbreak

By William Brangham, Azhar Merchant

The Democratic Republic of Congo received its first delivery of mpox vaccines. It comes nearly a month after the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. Mpox has infected an estimated 18,000 people and…

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First batch of mpox vaccines arrive in Congo as health officials say 3 million doses needed

By Associated Press

Authorities in Congo say the first batch of mpox vaccine has arrived in Congo’s capital, three weeks after the World Health Organization declared mpox outbreaks in 12 African countries a global emergency.

At least 129 dead after chaos erupts during attempted jailbreak at Congo prison

By Jean-Yves Kamale, Associated Press

Congolese authorities say that an attempted jailbreak in the country's main prison left 129 people dead, including some who were shot and others who died in a stampede at the overcrowded facility.