Rwanda-backed rebels tell residents of a captured eastern Congolese city they are safe
The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo 's key city of Goma sought to reassure its residents Thursday, holding a ...
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UN: Deaths near 3,000 in fighting for DRC's Goma
A senior U.N. official in the Democratic Republic of Congo said Wednesday that nearly 3,000 people have been killed in a ...
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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 ...
DR Congo Crisis: M23 rebels, Rwandan forces launch fresh offensive in South Kivu
The M23 and Rwandan forces on Wednesday launched a new attack on the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, seizing a mining town in South Kivu province. Watch this report for more details!
Fighting resumes in DRC's South Kivu ahead of crisis talks
Congolese authorities said its troops and its allies clashed with the M23 rebel group, supported by Rwandan soldiers, in the ...