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Emma, 3, who was displaced by the fighting between M23 rebels and FARDC government forces, finds refuge in a school North of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nov. 25, 2022. A new U.N. report says rebels in eastern Congo have killed at least 131 people and inflicted &quot;unspeakable violence&quot; against civilians. The findings published this week in a preliminary investigation by the United Nations, accuses M23 rebels of killing men, women and children in two villages in Congo's Rutshuru territory in North Kivu province last month. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, file )

131 civilians killed by M23 rebels in eastern Congo, says U.N.

By Al-Hadji Kudra and Sam Mednick - Associated Press

Police officers inspect the scene of a bomb explosion in Beni, eastern Congo Sunday Dec. 26, 2021. A bomb exploded at a restaurant Saturday as patrons gathered on Christmas Day, killing at least seven people in an eastern Congolese town where Islamic extremists are known to be active. (AP Photo/Al-hadji Kudra Maliro)

Congo attacks show Islamic State’s expansion across Africa

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Rebels kill at least 35 in eastern Congo, officials say

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE - Associated Press

Priests conduct a service without a congregation, but which was broadcast on television, at the Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Family in Nairobi, Kenya, on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Congo marks somber Easter while battling COVID-19 and Ebola

By AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO - Associated Press

In this July 13, 2019, file photo, health workers wearing protective suits tend to an Ebola victim kept in an isolation cube in Beni, Congo. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

New Ebola case in Congo, days before outbreak’s expected end

By AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO and MARIA CHENG - Associated Press

Rebel attack in eastern Congo kills 15 civilians and soldier

By AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO - Associated Press

Rebels kill at least 36 civilians in eastern Congo villages

By AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO and CARLEY PETESCH - Associated Press

New rebel attack in Congo kills 19 people

By AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO - Associated Press

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visits an Ebola center in Beni, eastern Congo Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019. Guterres is starting a three-day visit to Congo to see the work of UN peacekeepers, work on disarmament and reintegration of ex-combatants, and efforts to stop the spread of the Ebola virus. (AP Photo/Al-hadji Kudra Maliro)

UN chief visits Congo Ebola region, pledging support

By AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 13, 2019 file photo, health workers wearing protective gear check on a patient isolated in a plastic cube at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, Congo. Congo's year-long Ebola outbreak has spread to a new province, with two cases, including one death, confirmed in South Kivu, according to the government health ministry. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

Ebola outbreak spreads to 3rd province in eastern Congo

By SALEH MWANAMILONGO and AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO - Associated Press

In this Saturday, July 20, 2019, photo, Claude Mabowa Sasi, 21, who had lost his mother, a brother and a sister to Ebola, takes his college-entry exam in an isolation room at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, Congo. (AP Photo/Al-Hadji Kudra Maliro)

Congo student with Ebola still finds a way to take exams

By Krista Larson - Associated Press

Ebola case reported not far from South Sudan border

By SAM MEDNICK and KRISTA LARSON - Associated Press

Delayed Congo legislative vote begins in Ebola-hit areas

By AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO - Associated Press

Congolese voters who have been waiting at the St. Raphael school in the Limete district of Kinshasa Sunday Dec. 30, 2018, heckle Corneille Nangaa, the president of the independent electoral commission (CENI) as he arrives to deliver the voters listings. People had started to gather at 6am to cast their votes, and four hours later, vote had not started as the lists were not available. Forty million voters are registered for a presidential race plagued by years of delay and persistent rumors of lack of preparation. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Congo elections voters barred over Ebola cast ballots anyway

By Al-Hadji Kudra Maliro - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2018, file photo, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Joseph Kabila Kabange addresses the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters. Congo's leader says &quot;there is no further reason&quot; to prevent Sunday's presidential election after two years of delays, but he blames an Ebola outbreak for the last-minute decision to keep an estimated 1 million voters from the polls. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Protests as Congo leader warns of Ebola election ‘disaster’

By SALEH MWANAMILONGO and AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO - Associated Press

WHO official predicts 6 more months battling Ebola in Congo

Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2018, file photo, a health worker sprays disinfectant on his colleague after working at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, Eastern Congo. Sometimes violent community resistance is complicating efforts to contain Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak, causing the rate of new cases to rise. (AP Photo/Al-hadji Kudra Maliro, File)

Battles over safe Ebola burials complicate work in Congo

By Al-Hadji Kudra Maliro and Cara Anna - Associated Press

In this photo taken Sunday, Sept 9, 2018, a health worker sprays disinfectant on his colleague after working at an Ebola treatment centre in Beni, Eastern Congo. The current Ebola outbreak in northeastern Congo has become a testing ground with one aid group for the first time treating confirmed Ebola victims in individual biosecure units used in emergencies involving highly infectious diseases. (AP Photo/Al-hadji Kudra Maliro) **FILE**

WHO: Ebola metrics improving, but ‘perfect storm’ threatens DRC response

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Suspected rebels kill 18 in Congo’s east amid Ebola

By SALEH MWANAMILONGO and CARLEY PETESCH - Associated Press

In this photo taken Sunday, Sept 9, 2018, a health worker in protective gear works at an Ebola treatment centre in Beni, Eastern Congo. The current Ebola outbreak in northeastern Congo has become a testing ground with one aid group for the first time treating confirmed Ebola victims in individual biosecure units used in emergencies involving highly infectious diseases. (AP Photo/Al-hadji Kudra Maliro) ** FILE **

Rebel attack disrupts Ebola response in Africa

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times