The election campaign has come to an end with insecurity, health and education the most debated and urgent issues that have dominated the messages of the various candidates in recent weeks; the country went to the polls yesterday

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  UNHCR and UNICEF strongly condemned the shelling that took place in three internally displaced persons camps in North Kivu, in the east of the country, with dozens of casualties and shelters and humanitarian facilities destroyed

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  The world is forgetting the escalating violence in eastern Congo, the UN human rights chief said as he visited the region and called for peace and support for millions of displaced people

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  One of the first in-depth studies of the environmental and human rights impacts of industrial cobalt mining in the country reveals that toxic pollution from the industryis having devastating impacts on humans and nature

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  Judith Suminwa has been appointed as prime minister, the first time a woman has assumed government leadership

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