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Congo police, gunmen exchange fire in wake disputed of election

Smoke rises near the compound of the local government office of Makelekele, which was set on fire by opposition supporters, in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, April 4, 2016. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Roch Bouka

By Christian Elion

04/04/2016

BRAZZAVILLE (Reuters) - Gunbattles rocked the capital of Congo Republic on Monday, shattering a relative calm that had followed President Denis Sassou Nguesso's re-election in a disputed poll last month.

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U.N. investigating sex abuse allegations against Tanzanian peacekeepers in Congo

The United Nations logo is displayed on a door at U.N. headquarters in New York, February 26, 2011. PHOTO BY REUTERS/ Joshua Lott

02/04/2016

KINSHASA (Reuters) - The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo said late on Friday that it has received allegations of sexual abuse against Tanzanian peacekeepers based in Congo's northeast, the latest in a series of such accusations against U.N. forces.

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Congo starts trial of soldiers accused of sexual abuse in Central African Republic

A peacekeeper serving in the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) and a Congolese soldier stand guard as residents gather following recent demonstrations in Beni in North Kivu province, October 23, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Kenny Katombe

31/03/2016

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Twenty soldiers from Democratic Republic of Congo went on trial this week for alleged rape and other crimes committed while serving as U.N. peacekeepers in neighbouring Central African Republic, the Congolese government said on Thursday.

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Congo ex-vice president guilty in landmark ICC war rape ruling

Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo is seen in a court room of the ICC to hear the delivery of the judgment on charges including corruptly influencing witnesses by giving them money and instructions to provide false testimony and false evidence, in the Hague, the Netherlands, March 21, 2016. PHOTO BY REUTERS/JERRY LAMPEN

By Thomas Escritt

21/03/2016

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's Jean-Pierre Bemba became the highest-ranking politician convicted by the international war crimes court on Monday, when it judged him responsible for a campaign of rape and murder in Central African Republic.