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3 dead in Congolese mine attacks
Mining company Société Minière de Bisunzu (SMB), on Wednesday said three people had been killed and three others injured in a grenade attack on its coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. SMB’s mine near Rubaya in North Kivu province has seen an increase in violent clashes between local artisanal miners and mine police. “Two policemen were targeted in…
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Africa
U.N. forces use drones for first time, in eastern Congo
United Nations forces in Democratic Republic of Congo launched unmanned aircraft on Tuesday to monitor the volatile border with Rwanda and Uganda, the first time U.N. peacekeepers have deployed surveillance drones. The aircraft will be used to look out for threats from a host of local and foreign armed groups in the mineral rich east where Congo and U.N. experts…
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