DR Congo conflict advances as UN calls for peace
The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group continued its advance Thursday through eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and looked poised to seize a strategic town, as United Nations chief Antonio Guterres call ...
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South Africa: Banyamulenge Condemn South Africa-Based Fugitive Kayumba Nyamwasa Claims
The Banyamulenge community have expressed their frustration with South African television Newzroom Afrika, for giving a platform to RNC founder Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa who claimed that the ...
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How illicit mining fuels violence in eastern DRC: Interview with Jean-Pierre Okenda
On Jan. 28, the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 captured Goma, capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich North Kivu province. The fall of Goma marks a shocking chapter in a ...
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Congo-Kinshasa: UN Mission Offers Protection to 'Vulnerable Populations', Despite Huge Challenges
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels continued to consolidate their hold over North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Wednesday, despite declaring a ceasefire two days earlier and pledging not ...
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Ceasefire in east DRC appears to crumble as rebels take another town
The city's bishop, Willy Ngumbi, on Wednesday deplored damage to a maternity ward from explosives and called on Rwanda, Congo ...
Rwanda-backed rebels have seized another town in eastern Congo
Rwanda-backed rebels gained ground in eastern Congo on Wednesday despite the unilateral ceasefire they declared earlier this ...