Congo tries to slow the assault of Rwanda-backed rebels amid reports of dead bodies in the streets
Congo’s security forces were fighting on Tuesday against Rwanda-backed rebels who advanced into a key eastern city in a major ...
Protesters attack embassies in Congo's capital as security forces try to slow rebels in the east
Congolese security forces on Tuesday tried to slow the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who say they have captured Goma after entering eastern Congo's largest city, as U.N. officials reported an ...
Violence erupts in mineral-rich DR Congo as rebels move into key city. Here’s what we know
A rebel alliance claimed the capture of the biggest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich eastern region ...
Rebel Troops Claim Capture Of Congo Border City Stoking Fears Of Wider Conflict
The M23 rebel group, which has taken control of large parts of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in recent years ...
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Rwanda’s reckless plan to redraw the map of Africa
Back in 2012, pressure on Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president, by donor countries including America preceded a swift ouster from Goma of M23 by UN peacekeepers. That scenario seems less likely this time ...
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New conflict escalating in Africa: What is happening on border between DR Congo and Rwanda
Rwanda-backed Congolese rebels from the M23 movement have announced the capture of the major city of Goma in the eastern ...
What is happening in east Congo? And who are the M23 rebels?
M23, which refers to the March 23, 2009, accord that ended a previous Tutsi-led revolt in eastern Congo, is the latest group ...
DR Congo's Goma close to falling to militia, Rwanda troops: France
The besieged Congolese city of Goma was rocked by heavy artillery fire on Monday as France warned the regional capital was on ...
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Gunfire in DR Congo's Goma as Kenya pushes peace talks
Gunfire broke out on Sunday night in the centre of the besieged Congolese city Goma after the Democratic Republic of Congo ...
San Francisco Examiner2d
Gunfire in DR Congo's Goma as pro-Rwanda forces close in
Gunshots rang out Sunday night in the centre of the besieged Congolese city of Goma, AFP journalists heard, after the ...
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DR Congo battles intensify, Western nations ask citizens to leave Goma
The DR Congo army and M23 fighters clashed outside Goma on Friday as the UK, US and France urged citizens to leave the main city in the country's volatile east, ...
Congo provincial military governor dies in rebel offensive
The military governor of Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province has died from gunshot wounds suffered on the ...