Nearly 3,000 people killed after rebels seize key city in DR Congo, UN says
Nearly three thousand people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to ...
M23 rebels backtrack on ceasefire, take over town of Nyabibwe in eastern DRC
After capturing Goma, the main city in North Kivu province, last week, the M23 and Rwandan troops launched a new offensive on ...
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M23 calls public meeting in captured DRC city as fighters advance
Rwandan-backed M23 called its first public meeting on Thursday since seizing the Congolese city of Goma after deadly clashes, ...
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Congo-Kinshasa: Deaths Near 3,000 in Fighting for DR Congo's Goma - UN
A senior U.N. official in the Democratic Republic of Congo said Wednesday that nearly 3,000 people have been killed in a fighting between M23 militants and the national army over control of a key ...
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DRC: Rwanda‑backed M23 pledges to ‘march all the way to Kinshasa’
Local sources said Kigali-backed fighters were advancing on a new front and had seized two districts in South Kivu province, ...
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DR Congo: After fall of Goma, Pope Francis calls for prayers for North Kivu
North Kivu was among the war-torn regions Pope Francis entrusted to the prayers of the faithful during his Sunday Angelus ...
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Congo-Kinshasa: M23 Rebels Capture Goma, Call for Calm
The AFC/M23 rebels early Monday, January 27, announced that they captured Goma, the capital of eastern DR Congo's North Kivu ...
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Congo vs Rwanda: African Court to hear Kinshasa's case
It is a major test of the court's ability to mediate major interstate conflicts within its jurisdiction, now in real time.
Governor of Congo’s North Kivu province dies of his wounds in fighting with rebels, authorities say
The governor of eastern Congo’s North Kivu province has died from injuries sustained during fighting on the front line, ...
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Rwanda-backed M23 pushes on in DR Congo
The Rwandan-backed M23 group on Friday advanced south after seizing the biggest city in mineral-rich eastern DR Congo, in violence that according to the United Nations has killed at least 700 people ...
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 ...
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Blue Helmets in eastern Congo: Unloved, but still needed
The UN mission in eastern Congo was initially meant to be quickly concluded at the request of Kinshasa. However, the M23 offensive in North Kivu has led to a reassessment. Will the peacekeeping ...