As Rwanda-backed rebels seized Goma, the families of Congolese soldiers became a target
Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers ...
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US and European nations pressure Rwanda to defuse M23 rebellion
They have imposed sanctions on officials of the rebel group, as well as on government officials, summoned envoys or ...
A meeting with the rebel leader seeking control in Congo
Corneille Nangaa once helped rig electiosn in favor of Congo's president. Now he is leading the M23 militia's bloody ...
Ugandan forces enter eastern Congolese city of Bunia to back up local troops
A military official says Ugandan troops have entered the eastern Congolese city of Bunia to help local forces stop deadly violence by armed groups ...
DRC: 'This is our war, not some distant, irrational outbreak of violence in Africa'
OP-ED. American researcher Jason K. Stearns condemns inaction on the part of Western countries in the face of the offensive ...
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DR Congo crisis: Over 2,100 police officers, 890 Congolese soldiers join M23 in Bukavu
More than 2,100 Congolese police officers and 890 soldiers on Saturday, February 22, joined the AFC/M23 rebellion in Bukavu, the capital of DR Congo’s South Kivu Province which the rebels seized last ...
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Civilians in Congo Suffer as Elites at Home and Abroad Jockey for Profits
Rich in an ore used in electronics, the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has become a geopolitical minefield.
M23 Fighters Seize City of Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, M23 insurgent fighters have seized Bukavu, the second-largest city in eastern Congo. M23’s latest advance in the region marks the group’s most significant ...
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DR Congo crisis: Envoy reiterates Security Council’s need to take Rwanda’s concerns seriously
Concerned by the international community’s non-stop glossing over issues, the Government of Rwanda has, once again, stressed the need for the United Nations Security Council to focus on the root ...
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M23 rebels are marching across eastern DRC: the interests driving players in the conflict
Under the Alliance Fleuve Congo – the political wing of the M23 rebellion – this goal later expanded into a broader national agenda aiming to overthrow the regime in Kinshasa. Whether this will ...