The UN mission in Congo has drawn up a comprehensive security plan in order to bring a halt to the interminable cycles of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK, Congo (AP) — Just a few weeks ago, rangers and militiamen were engaging in gunfights in Africa's oldest national park. Cannons boomed as Congolese army troops shelled rebels.

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Six people were killed this week in shootouts linked to the Congolese army in Goma, eastern Congo, say local authorities.

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Authorities in Goma say five people were killed this week in shootouts linked to the increase in Congolese army troops here.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for “concrete options” to uproot the spiraling crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The British government has come out against a plan in which a British firm will explore for oil in Congo, in Africa's oldest national park.

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Endangered Grauer's gorillas have become victims of ongoing violence and a new rebellion in eastern Congo. A decision to allow oil exploration in a national park there may put the gorillas at greater risk.

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The Congo government authorizes the British firm SOCO to explore for oil in Virunga National Park in North Kivu province.

A United Nations official says M23 rebels have set up a parallel government in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) is launching an emergency operation to assist 1.2 million people affected by violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

The World Health Organization has announced that the Ebola disease has killed 32 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo since May.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) says rebel groups in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo have committed war crimes, including rapes and massacres.

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KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo's information minister says his country is asking Burundi to extradite an opposition politician accused of treason for allegedly plotting with neighboring Rwanda to destabilize the country.

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GOMA, Congo (AP) — An outbreak of the Ebola virus has killed 15 people in northeastern Congo and the local communities are quickly learning how frighteningly deadly the disease is, and how to prevent its spread.

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A regional summit on the Democratic Republic of Congo has ended without finding a way to establish lasting peace in the eastern Congo.

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An international military intervention planned for the Democratic Republic of Congo's restive east would have 4,000 troops from different African countries, Defence Minister Alexandre Luba Ntambo said Friday.

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A judoka and three coaches from the Democratic Republic of Congo's Olympic delegation, listed as having gone missing after leaving the Athletes' Village at the London Games, missed their flight home - but the judoka says he is on holiday, an official source said Tuesday.

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GOMA, Congo (AP) — With Congo's army diverted to fighting a new rebel group in eastern Congo, new militia groups have arisen and older ones are reasserting themselves, killing hundreds of defenseless civilians, the British charity Oxfam said Tuesday.

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The International Criminal Court Tuesday for the first time ordered that victims receive reparations in the case of convicted Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga.

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A local military commander in the Democratic Republic of Congo said on Monday he was ready for an expected assault on the eastern city of Goma by insurgents.