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DRC: Government implements death penalty to combat youth gang phenomenon
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the proliferation of criminal youth gangs is at an all-time high. The government ...
La Croix22d
DR Congo's death penalty plan for gang youth sparks division
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, authorities have opted to implement the death penalty as a response to the surge in ...
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Eyewitness video shows demonstrators on streets of Kinshasa during protest against M23 rebels
Video recorded by an eyewitness from a balcony shows protesters on the street in the capital of the Democratic Republic of ...
U.S. News & World Report1mon
Congo Executes 102 'Urban Bandits' With 70 More Set to Be Killed, Officials Say
A flight of 70 more people from Kinshasa has arrived at Angenga ... The fight against urban gangs must go hand in hand with efforts to combat poverty, unemployment and social exclusion, which ...
New York Post23d
Record gang violence in Haiti leaves at least 5,600 dead as Biden admin faces scathing criticism for not having ‘clear strategy’
Gangs in Haiti killed at least 5,600 people last year, according to a new United Nations report. The report from the Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights said an additional ...
U.S. News & World Report11d
Congo Protesters Storm Kinshasa Embassies Over Conflict in East
KINSHASA (Reuters) -Rioters stormed embassies and started fires in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa on Tuesday, drawing tear gas from police, in an eruption of protests over a ...