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A M23 rebels stand with theirs weapons during a ceremony to mark the withdrawal from their positions in the town of Kibumba, in the eastern of Democratic Republic of Congo, on Dec. 23, 2022. The accounts are haunting. Abductions, torture, rapes. Scores of civilians including women and children have been killed by the M23 rebels in eastern Congo, according to a U.N. report expected to be published this week. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File)

Rwanda fires on Congo military aircraft accused of violation

By Cara Anna - Associated Press

Residents of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, demonstrate Wednesday Jan. 18, 2023 against the scheduled arrival of South Sudanese troops set to join Kenyan forces deployed to assist the Congolese army in its fight against M23 rebels. Demonstrators clashed with police who said the protest was not authorised . (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Tear gas fired at Congo protesters opposing foreign troops

By Justin Kabumba - Associated Press

A suspected extremist attack at a church in eastern Congo killed at least 10 people and wounded more than three dozen, according to the country’s army.

Islamic State claims church bombing in east Congo; 14 dead

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Residents flee fighting between M23 rebels and Congolese forces near Kibumba, some 12 miles north of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Oct. 29, 2022. The accounts are haunting. Abductions, torture, rapes. Scores of civilians including women and children have been killed by the M23 rebels in eastern Congo, according to a U.N. report expected to be published this week. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File)

Abduction, torture, rape: Conflict in Congo worsens, says U.N.

By Sam Mednick - Associated Press

M23 rebels prepare to leave after a ceremony to mark the withdrawal from their positions in the town of Kibumba, in the eastern of Democratic Republic of Congo, Friday, Dec. 23, 2022. M23 rebels retreated from a village in eastern Congo Friday in the group's first withdrawal from an occupied village since it seized swaths of land months ago. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Eastern Congo’s M23 rebels retreat from occupied territory

By Al-Hadji Kudra Maliro - Associated Press

Emma, 3, who was displaced by the fighting between M23 rebels and FARDC government forces, finds refuge in a school North of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nov. 25, 2022. A new U.N. report says rebels in eastern Congo have killed at least 131 people and inflicted &quot;unspeakable violence&quot; against civilians. The findings published this week in a preliminary investigation by the United Nations, accuses M23 rebels of killing men, women and children in two villages in Congo's Rutshuru territory in North Kivu province last month. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, file )

131 civilians killed by M23 rebels in eastern Congo, says U.N.

By Al-Hadji Kudra and Sam Mednick - Associated Press

People move through a market in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022. The world's population is projected to hit an estimated 8 billion people on Tuesday, Nov. 15, according to a United Nations projection. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

World population hits 8 billion, creating many challenges

By Dan Ikpoyi and Chinedu Asadu - Associated Press

Residents flee fighting between M23 rebels and Congolese forces near Kibumba, some 20 kms ( 12 miles) North of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Friday Oct. 28, 2022. Hundreds have been killed and nearly 200,000 people displaced since fighting erupted a year ago. Congo has long accused Rwanda of backing the rebels. (AP Photo/Justin Kabumba)

Congo expels Rwandan ambassador after new rebel advance

By Justin Kabumba - Associated Press

Residents flee fighting between M23 rebels and Congolese forces near Kibumba, some 20 kms ( 12 miles) North of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Friday Oct. 28, 2022. Hundreds have been killed and nearly 200,000 people displaced since fighting erupted a year ago. Congo has long accused Rwanda of backing the rebels. (AP Photo/Justin Kabumba)

Renewed clashes in east Congo send residents fleeing

By Justin Kabumba - Associated Press

Pope Francis delivers his blessing at the end of a mass for the Congolese community he presided in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, July 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope, unable to go to Congo, embraces Congolese in Rome

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Pope Francis holds the crucifix as he celebrates a Mass on the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis urges Congo, South Sudan to work for peace, prosperity

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

People fleeing the fighting between M23 forces and Congolese army find refuge in a church in Kibumba, north of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Friday Jan. 28, 2022. In the past week, inhabitants from six villages in the country's east including, Bukima, Nyesisi, and Ruhanga have fled the violence. At least 2,000 people are now living in improvised shelters, in churches, schools or with host families. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Militia kills at least 60 people at shelter in Congo

By Jean-Yves Kamale - Associated Press

Police officers inspect the scene of a bomb explosion in Beni, eastern Congo Sunday Dec. 26, 2021. A bomb exploded at a restaurant Saturday as patrons gathered on Christmas Day, killing at least seven people in an eastern Congolese town where Islamic extremists are known to be active. (AP Photo/Al-hadji Kudra Maliro)

Congo attacks show Islamic State’s expansion across Africa

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, March 14, 2019, file photo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, about the update on WHO Ebola operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP, File)

WHO chief concedes ‘slow’ response to Congo sex abuse claims

By Maria Cheng - Associated Press

Congo declares end to latest Ebola outbreak in nation’s east

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE - Associated Press

Egypt, Sudan say no progress in talks over Ethiopia’s dam

By SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

UN warns over 27 million Congolese suffer from acute hunger

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Health workers wearing protective suits tend to to an Ebola victim kept in an isolation tent in Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Saturday, July 13, 2019. The Congolese health ministry is confirming the country's first Ebola case in the provincial capital of 2 million, Goma, some 360 kilometers (225 miles) south of Beni. More than 1,600 people in eastern Congo have died as the virus has spread in areas too dangerous for health teams to access. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

4 being monitored for Ebola virus in Oregon, health officials say

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State: 4 people being monitored for Ebola virus in Oregon

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FILE - In this Friday March 19, 2021 file photo, a supporter of President Denis Sassou N'Guesso holds his photo during the last rally of the presidential campaign in Brazzaville, Congo. Republic of Congo pressed ahead Sunday March 21, 2021 with an election in which President Denis Sassou N'Guesso is widely expected to extend his 36 years in power, while the leading opposition candidate was flown to France after suffering COVID-19 complications. (AP Photo/Zed Lebon, File)

Republic of Congo President Sassou N’Guesso declared winner

By LOUIS OKAMBA - Associated Press