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Burundi: Burundi Reopens Border With DR Congo After Two-Month Closure

All Africa 24 Feb 2026
Bujumbura, Burundi -- Burundi has reopened its land border with the Democratic Republic of Congo after more than two months of closure caused by fighting in eastern Congo, officials said Monday ....
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Pro-government militia claims 50 M23 fighters killed in eastern DR Congo clashes

Anadolu Agency 24 Feb 2026
A pro-government militia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo claimed Monday to have killed around 50 members of the M23 rebel coalition and captured several during recent intense clashes.
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UN peacekeeping mission sends exploratory team to DR Congo's Uvira for ceasefire monitoring

China.dot.org 24 Feb 2026
24 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), known as MONUSCO, on Tuesday announced the deployment of a joint exploratory assessment mission to ...
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UN mission, Great Lakes bloc deploy team to eastern DR Congo ahead of ceasefire monitoring

Anadolu Agency 24 Feb 2026
Despite a ceasefire between Congo and M23 rebels proposed by Angolan President Joao Lourenco earlier this month, effective Feb. 18, new clashes intensified in recent days in eastern Congo, displacing thousands of people from their homes.
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Floods in eastern Congo leave more than 2,500 households homeless

Anadolu Agency 23 Feb 2026
More than 2,500 households have been left homeless after two rivers burst their banks and flooded several villages in the central-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a civil society leader said late Sunday.
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Peatland lakes in the Congo Basin release carbon that is thousands of years old (Swiis Federal Institute of Technology Zürich)

Public Technologies 23 Feb 2026
) Environmental sciences Research Over thousands of years, the swamps and peatlands in the Congo Basin have accumulated and stored huge amounts of carbon ... [...] ... Disclaimer ... (noodl.
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DR Congo-Burundi border reopens after two-month closure amid conflict

China.dot.org 23 Feb 2026
GOMA, DR Congo, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- The border post between Uvira in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Gatumba in neighboring Burundi officially reopened on Monday after more ...
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Congo Basin Countries Forge Strategic Path to Carbon Markets with Roadmaps to Monetize Forest Wealth (World Bank Group)

Public Technologies 23 Feb 2026
As part of the World Bank's broader Analytical and Advisory Services (ASA) for the Congo Basin, these roadmaps aim to shift the region's development narrative-from one of forest loss or degradation to forest-led growth.
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Peatland lakes in Congo Basin release carbon that is thousands of years old

Phys Dot Org 23 Feb 2026
Researchers at ETH Zurich have now discovered for the first time that large blackwater lakes in the extensive peatlands of the central Congo Basin are releasing ancient carbon ... Peatland lakes in Congo ...
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Congo Presidential Election 2026 Africa24 Group Provides Comprehensive Coverage

APO 22 Feb 2026
The Republic of Congo will hold its presidential election on March 15, 2026, a vote that represents a significant milestone in strengthening democratic governance, political dialogue, and institutional stability in the country. Discover Congo.
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Bondo Ape: The Truth Behind Brutal Lion-Eating Chimps Of The Congo

IFL Science 21 Feb 2026
In the depths of the Congo Rainforest, it’s said that a population of savage giant apes rules supreme ... Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), about 200 kilometers (124 miles) east of the Ebola river.
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