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We have started to collect the most important news related to Democratic Republic of the Congo in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
At least 16 people are killed as a cargo plane crashes in a residential area of Congo's economic capital, Pointe-Noire.
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United KingdomDR Congo rejects a bid by the UK's Soco International to search for oil in the famous Virunga National Park, home to rare mountain gorillas.
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A ban on mining in the east of DR Congo imposed six months ago is being lifted after successful operations against militias, the mining minister says.
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Police in DR Congo parade 126 people, and weapons, they accuse of links to last month's "coup bid" against President Joseph Kabila.
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KenyaThe smuggling of gold from DR Congo through Kenya is to be jointly investigated, after a major haul was discovered and a Kenyan official shot dead.
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Warfare is stopping 28 million children worldwide from receiving an education, with DR Congo one of the worst-affected places, the UN says.
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Six people have been killed in an attack on a residence of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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A military court in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo investigating a case of mass rape sentences a colonel to 20 years in jail.
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South Africa, United KingdomDR Congo rebels release a South African oil worker employed by UK-based oil firm Soco, three days after his kidnapping, officials say.
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United KingdomRebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo kidnap a man who works for UK-based oil company Soco along with a Congolese government soldier, the army says.
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The trial begins of 11 soldiers, including officers, charged with the alleged mass rape of civilian women in the volatile eastern DR Congo.
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Nigeria, 
United StatesEight foreigners - from the US, France and Nigeria - are arrested on allegations of gold smuggling in eastern DR Congo, officials say.
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A new centre opens designed to help some of the thousands of people who have been raped in DR Congo.
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IndiaA rare deadly virus claims its four victim in India, health officials say.
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RwandaA Rwandan Hutu rebel leader faces the International Criminal Court for the first time, accused of "spreading terror" in DR Congo.
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France, RwandaA Rwandan rebel leader is extradited from France to The Hague, as his group is accused of attacking a Congolese wildlife park.
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The authorities in DR Congo arrest an army officer over a mass rape of civilians in the east of the country on New Year's Day, officials say.
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Kinshasa, the unlikely capital of cartoons in Africa
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The army commander at the centre of rape allegations in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been transferred to another post, the army says.
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An army commander in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been accused of leading the recent mass rape of at least 50 women.
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IndiaThe deadly 'Congo fever' kills three people in India for the first time ever, health officials say.
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Congo tries to clean up its dirty money
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At least eight government soldiers have been arrested on suspicion of rape and looting in the east of the DR Congo, the UN mission says.
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Opposition parties in the Democratic Republic of Congo strongly criticise government plans to elect the president in one round of voting.
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Police fire shots to disperse disgruntled fans in DR Congo, after TP Mazembe lose 3-0 to Inter Milan in the Club World Cup final.
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The army in the DR Congo rejects the findings of a UN report that rebel forces of the CNDP and FNL are regrouping in the east.
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A UN report says criminal networks in the DR Congo army are a major cause of insecurity and conflict in the east of the country.
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In a country where homosexuality is taboo, Newsnight hears rare testimony from a man who was raped by soldiers while he was walking to his farm in DR Congo.
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Congolese ex-Vice-President Jean-Pierre Bemba goes on trial
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DR Congo's Jean-Pierre Bemba goes on trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, as the ex-guerrilla leader pleads not guilty to war crimes.
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