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As it continues to take territory, the Congolese rebel group M23 wants to show it is more than just an army, and that it can ...
M23 is one of about 100 armed groups vying for a foothold in mineral-rich eastern Congo near the border with Rwanda, in a ...
In an escalation of a long-running conflict rooted in the spillover of Rwanda's 1994 genocide and the struggle over Congo's vast mineral resources, Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seized Goma, eastern ...
The International Committee of the Red Cross announced on Wednesday (April 30) it is escorting hundreds of Congolese soldiers ...
The South African armed forces say they have begun withdrawing their peacekeeping troops from rebel-controlled eastern Congo.
In a significant development, Congolese soldiers and police officers, along with their families, are being relocated from the ...
In this particular case, the ICRC was approached by several actors – notably the DRC’s ministry of defence and veterans, ...
Farmers in a breadbasket town in eastern Congo who previously fled heavy fighting are facing new challenges as they return to tend fields now under rebel control, a phenomenon playing out across the ...
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Why Kabila chose Goma for his return
Kabila has returned to the country after more than a year in a self-imposed exile to "participate in the peace efforts." ...
The long-awaited transfer of defeated Congolese soldiers sheltered at a UN base in M23-controlled Goma in eastern DR Congo has begun, with up to 130 troops leaving the city this morning."The first ...
The emerging crisis in eastern DR Congo and especially around the city of Goma, in the province of North Kivu, has worrying implications for cholera in the region. The area around Goma has been ...
A joint statement from Congo's government and a coalition of insurgents in the country’s east including the M23 rebels says ...