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DR Congo Officials Swear Mass Burial of More Than 400 Bodies Didn’t Include Missing Protesters
The government admits it buried more than 400 corpses at night in Kinshasa on March 19, but claims they were stillborn fetuses and unclaimed remains from the morgue.
Fight Against DRC Rebels Hits New Crisis Amid Massacres and Scores of Abuse Allegations
Gen. Bruno Mandevu was appointed to head an army operation against FDLR rebels, but just five days later was accused of committing 121 rights abuses, including allegations of rape and summary executions.
Police Fire Tear Gas at Students Protesting DRC President Joseph Kabila's Electoral Reform Bill
Violence continues in Kinshasa as civilians protest a controversial bill that would delay an election until a national census and extend President Joseph Kabila's term.
36 People Burned Alive and Hacked to Death With Axes and Machetes in Latest Congo Massacre
A series of gruesome attacks on civilians in the DRC's volatile North Kivu province are believed to be the work of Islamist militants from neighboring Uganda.
The Congo's Feared 'Cobra' Warlord Plans to Surrender — Again
The Democratic Republic of the Congo announced that rebel leader Banaloki "Cobra" Matata plans to surrender, along with "a significant number of his fighters."
Sleeping Through the Slaughter
I used an embarrassing fuck-up by one of the world's most publicly accountable organizations as a bargaining tool to get a story. They reluctantly allowed me to join a massacre investigation mission in the most damaged part of what is, if their own...
