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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump are meeting to discuss key Middle East issues. Both ...

Learn about sources of continued violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and how the United Nations, African Union, and neighboring countries are struggling to curtail it.

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Funding cuts to international aid organizations mean that medical assistance has dried up for vulnerable people affected by conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.