Flames at Congo candidate militia's camp
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Flames and smoke rose from a camp of militiamen attached to a Congolese presidential candidate Thursday, and explosions could be heard behind the camp's walls. People, some bleeding, fled from the camp of the militia of Jean-Pierre Bemba, a former rebel leader who is one of four vice presidents in Congo's transitional government.
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Prosecutors on Monday formally  charged a Congolese militia leader with enlisting children as  young as 10 and forcing them to fight in the country's civil  war in the first case at the International Criminal Court.
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At least 36 people are killed in clashes  involving a DR Congo religious sect in an election dispute.
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President Joseph Kabila called on Congo's citizens Friday to shun violence during this weekend's historic elections, telling thousands of cheering supporters that their votes can bring peace to the Central African country. But unrest continued ahead of Sunday's vote, with a presidential candidate claiming one his armed guards died and another was injured when Kabila's security forces fired on them.
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Fierce fighting erupted in and around a besieged Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon on Monday as Lebanese troops resumed bombardment of al-Qaida-inspired militants barricaded inside.
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Polling stations open in the Republic of Congo for parliamentary elections, as opposition leaders cry foul.
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Gunfire erupted outside Congo's election commission headquarters Sunday, killing at least one person as President Joseph Kabila remained short of the majority of votes needed for an outright win in Congo's historic election.
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Congolese police fired warning shots  on Tuesday to disperse rioting opposition protesters in  Kinshasa who tore down election posters and demanded the  postponement of historic polls set for Sunday.
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Fighting erupts between rebel factions in Congo's recently-formed army along the country's border with Rwanda.
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MUTONGO, Congo AP) &#151; Swooping over the lush, volcanic hills of east Congo, a helicopter patrol by U.N. observers on Saturday revealed emptied villages &#151; one spotted a day earlier was half-burned &#151; but little sign of who was responsible.
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Angry supporters of Congolese   presidential contender Jean-Pierre Bemba on Monday stoned U.N.   vehicles in Kinshasa after a fire damaged a building housing   his party offices and two allied TV stations, witnesses said.
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KINSHASA, 20 December (IRIN) - With fresh battle fronts opening up and tens of thousands of civilians fleeing their homes, there has been mounting concern among international bodies that the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is heading for a major war.
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Kenyan tribal warriors set huts ablaze near a trading post northwest of Nairobi on Monday after weekend clashes over access to water that killed 15 people, witnesses said.
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A human rights lobby group accuses the Democratic Republic of Congo of appointing warlords implicated in murder and rape as army generals.
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Some 8,000 Congolese refugees have fled to neighboring Uganda following clashes between Congo's army and dissident general Laurent Nkunda, the United Nations Refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Monday.
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KINSHASA, Congo -- Militia fighters wounded two UN soldiers yesterday when they fired on peacekeeping troops sent to investigate a reported mass grave of militia victims, including child combatants, in northeastern Ituri Province, a spokesman for the United Nations said.
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BUJUMBURA, Burundi  Police in Burundi&#39;s capital Bujumbura fired tear gas Wednesday at crowds protesting against the massacre of at least 160 Congolese Tutsis at a United Nations refugee camp in the west of the country.