The UNSC has extended a nine-year-old UN peacekeeping operation known as MINUSMA for another 12 months.
Videos of anti-Rwandan protests are circulating on social media as Kinshasa accuses Kigali of backing rebels in east DRC
The girls were found on June 12 and 14 in two different locations by Nigerian troops.
Last April, the DRC declared a state of siege in North Kivu and Ituri provinces due to escalating attacks by militias.
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ADF reportedly carried out series of bombings in Kampala and elsewhere last November, which killed at least nine people.
More than 100 schoolgirls are still missing since their April 2014 abduction in northeastern Nigeria by Boko Haram.
Refugees and activists from Rwanda and the DRC say the deal could have serious implications for the wider region.
The intense fighting involved two influential militias aligned to rival prime ministers vying for power.
The landlocked country has now replaced Mali, birthplace of the conflict in the Sahel, as the epicentre of the crisis.
Locals blame nomadic herders, while experts say it could be Boko Haram offshoots expanding their sphere of influence.
Concerns about security in Mali have deepened since former coloniser France recently announced withdrawal of its troops.
Eastern DRC has experienced near-constant conflict since 1996, in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide.
The new president will have to tackle insecurity, rising inflation, severe drought – and reunite a fractured government
The national emergency service said the explosion in the northern city led to the collapse of a building and the deaths.
