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The Democratic Republic of the Congo lifts the 2003 moratorium on the death penalty in an attempt to reduce the level of violence in the country.
2024-03-15

Pakistan’s top court allows military courts to resume the trials of more than 100 supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan on charges of attacking military installations during demonstrations that broke out following Khan’s arrest.
2023-12-13

Fifteen people are killed and 50 others are injured as UN peacekeepers open fire at an anti-United Nations protest in Goma, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2022-07-26

Seven people are killed when suspected Islamists attack the city of Beni, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2022-07-12

King Philippe of Belgium, in a speech to the Congolese parliament in Kinshasa, formally condemns the atrocities that occurred when the Democratic Republic of the Congo was declared the personal property of his ancestor, Leopold II of Belgium, saying that the colonial government "was one of unequal relations, unjustifiable in itself, marked by paternalism, discrimination and racism".
2022-06-8

M23 fighters besiege a military base in Rumangabo, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2022-05-25

At least six park rangers in the Virunga National Park in Rutshuru, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, are killed in an ambush. A Mai-Mai militia is suspected to have committed the attack.
2021-01-10

More than 60 people are killed and 80 are seriously injured in a train crash in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Katanga Province.
2014-04-23

The Egyptian Army will try the 190 people arrested in the unrest in a military court.
2011-05-8

A boat sinks on the Kasai river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing as many as 140.
2010-07-28