M23 rebels battling Congo's army close in on Goma as panic spreads among city's 2 million people
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Panic spread in eastern Congo's main city on Thursday, with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to Goma and seizing a nearby town as they battle the Congolese army. Bombs were heard ...
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More than 100,000 people displaced in eastern Congo since the start of the year, UN says
KINSHASA, Congo — More than 100,000 people ... The group rose to prominence in 2012 when its fighters seized Goma, eastern Congo’s largest city on the border with Rwanda.
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More than 100,000 people displaced in eastern Congo since the start of the year, UN says
KINSHASA, Congo (AP ... The group rose to prominence in 2012 when its fighters seized Goma, eastern Congo’s largest city on the border with Rwanda. M23 is one of more than 100 armed groups ...
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Congo will execute more than 170 people convicted of armed robbery, official says
KINSHASA, Congo — More than 170 inmates on ... a resident of the eastern city of Goma. Espoir Muhinuka, a human rights activist, warned of the possibility of extrajudicial executions and called ...
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How Congolese Climate Activists Stopped a ‘Carbon Bomb,’ For Now
The museum was built in a rich suburb of Brussels to showcase the spoils after King Leopold II declared a vast swath of Central Africa, including the entire present day DRC, to be his own private ...
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Congo executes 102 ‘urban bandits’ with 70 more set to be killed, officials say
KINSHASA, Congo — Some 102 men were executed ... a resident of the eastern city of Goma. More people are experiencing anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder as well as insomnia ...