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At least four civilians and three soldiers are killed, with 11 injured, in a mass shooting at a IDP camp in Nyiragongo, North Kivu, DRC, amid ongoing conflict between the army and M23 rebels.
2023-11-18

A soldier kills 13 people, including ten children, during a mass shooting at his son's funeral in Nyamamba, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2023-07-23

A landslide has left at least 2 dead and 9 injured in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2022-04-25

Around 40 fighters storm the city of Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, singing songs calling for the liberation of the country and opening fire against security forces, killing two soldiers and a police officer. Six attackers are killed and 36 others are arrested.
2021-11-3

Thai King Vajiralongkorn commutes the death sentence of two Burmese nationals convicted of the rape and murder of two British backpackers in 2014 in Ko Tao. The royal decree was issued to commemorate the birthday of the King, on July 28, to "illustrate the king's clemency". The pair now serve life in prison.
2020-08-15

A senior aide to the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Joseph Kabila, is killed, and the Finance Minister Matata Ponyo Mapon is injured in a plane crash near the town of Bukavu.
2012-02-12

The former President of Israel Moshe Katsav arrives at a prison outside Tel Aviv to start a seven year term for rape.
2011-12-7

An international study reports that, on average, 48 women and girls are raped in the Democratic Republic of the Congo every hour.
2011-05-11

Olive Lembe di Sita, the First Lady of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, leads a march of thousands of women against sexual violence in the town of Bukavu in the east of the country where hundreds of women have been raped.
2010-10-17

United Nations envoy Margot Wallström says Congolese government troops may have committed rape and murder in the Democratic Republic of the Congo weeks after similar attacks by rebels.
2010-10-15