Congo government and M23 rebel group will hold peace talks on Tuesday, mediator says
DAKAR, Senegal — Congo’s government and the M23 rebel group will participate in peace talks on March 18, Angola said Wednesday. A statement from Angolan President João Lourenço’s office said they would begin “direct peace negotiations” in the Angolan capital, Luanda.
Congo government and M23 rebel group will hold peace talks on March 18, mediator Angola says
Angola has acted as a mediator in the conflict in eastern Congo , which escalated in late January when the Rwanda-backed rebels advanced and took control of the strategic eastern Congo city of Goma. M23 seized Bukavu, eastern Congo’s second biggest city, last month.
had piled up 500 rebel dead, but was unable to break the siege. At Gungu, another government outfit mowed down 100 guerrillas who staged a suicide charge with bows and arrows, spears and pangas.
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More than 7,000 people have died this year as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured unprecedented amounts of territory in mineral-rich eastern Congo, Congo's prime minister said Monday.
BUKAVU, Congo (AP) — Dozens of people were reportedly injured Thursday after two explosions hit a rally being held by M23 rebel group leaders in the captured city of Bukavu, eastern Congo.
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