Congo rebel leader says sanctions or minerals deal with the US won’t stop fighting in the east
The leader of the rebels who captured two key cities in eastern Congo tells The Associated Press that international sanctions ...
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At least 17 people killed as fighting in DR Congo’s Goma intensifies
Fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) city of Goma has intensified as the military continues to hold off the M23 forces. On Monday, rebels, which the United Nations says ...
Rwanda-backed rebels push into a mineral-rich town in Congo despite ceasefire calls
Rwanda-backed rebels battling Congo’s army have pushed into a strategic, mineral-rich town in the east, ignoring calls for a ...
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A tinderbox conflict in Congo is ready to explode
The recent bout of fighting escalated in December 2024, and clashes intensified as the M23 rebels moved closer to Goma ... The presidents of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda were ...
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Renewed fighting in DR Congo as regional powers step up ceasefire efforts
The M23’s swift advance since January has seen it take eastern Congo’s two largest cities – Goma and Bukavu ... Union sanctions. As fighting continues in DRC, President Evariste ...
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S. African peacekeepers killed as fighting rages in DRC
A soldier from the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo ... Fighting raged in the region despite calls from the international community for the M23 to halt its advance on Goma ...
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Why Congo’s Vast Army Is Struggling to Fight a Far Smaller Militia
fighting over supplies and access to locations where they are accused of extracting bribes. Map locates Goma, Bukavu, Uvira, Bunia and Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. On paper ...
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Mapping the human toll of the conflict in DR Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is facing one of ... who have intensified their offensive in eastern DRC. In January, M23 seized control of Goma, the capital of mineral-rich North ...
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Wealth and Warfare Empower a Rwanda-Backed Militant Group in Congo
M23 fighters in the back of a pickup truck in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, in January ... After months of fighting, the leaders of Congo and Rwanda held talks in Qatar this week and ...
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Clashes continue in eastern DRC days after attack on civilians left many dead
Fighting between M23 rebels and pro-Congo militias was underway Sunday in Nyabiondo, about 100 km north of Goma in eastern ... analysts say. The Democratic Republic of Congo government has ...
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Fighting in the DRC sparks a surge of sexual violence
Flore, 29, was raped by several armed men during the clashes to take Goma ... Congo (DRC), saw "hundreds of armed men" arrived on February 14 from Kalehe, a town then in the throes of intense ...
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Congo rebel leader says sanctions or minerals deal with the US won't stop fighting in the east
Former members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo ... decadelong fighting with Congolese forces in January, the M23 rebels have captured the cities of Goma and Bukavu and ...