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What to know about the escalating conflict in eastern Congo as rebels close in on Goma

Fighting has escalated sharply in recent weeks in eastern Congo, where rebels have seized key towns and are closing in on the city of Goma, the government’s last stronghold in the North Kivu province,

Reuters · 4h

Worst may be coming in east Congo conflict, says UN rights head

The worst could be yet to come in east Congo's escalating crisis, U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk said on Friday, warning that abuses including rape and sexual slavery may increase.

DPA International on MSN · 5h

Worse violence 'to come' in eastern Congo, UN human rights head warns

Worse violence "may be yet to come" in the conflict-hit Democratic Republic of Congo, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Friday. An offensive by the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group against Congolese forces in and around the eastern city of Goma has left almost 3,

DR Congo conflict advances

BBC · 1d

Your phone, a rare metal and the war in DR Congo

There is a good chance that inside your mobile phone is a miniscule amount of a metal that started its journey buried in the earth of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where a war is currently raging. It may even be directly connected to the M23 rebel group that made global headlines this week.

Yahoo · 1h

DR Congo conflict advances as UN warns of regional escalation

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group was threatening another key town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, as the United Nations top rights body said it would launch an investigation into alleged violations and abuses during the deadly clashes gripping the African nation.

Daily Journal · 23h

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

6hon MSN

UN rights body holds urgent session on violence in eastern Congo as Rwanda-backed rebels advance

The U.N.'s top human rights body was holding an urgent session on Friday on spiralling violence in eastern Congo, where ...

Ceasefire in east Congo appears to crumble as rebels take another town

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized control of a mining town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province, ...

Crux1d

Catholic leader highlights desperation as eastern DRC war intensifies

As the situation gets worse in the DR Congo, the Director of Communication at Caritas Butembo-Beni has decried the ...

The EastAfrican1d

M23 rebels take another town in eastern Congo despite ceasefire

Congolese M23 rebels are seen as they withdraw from the 3 antennes location in Kibumba, near Goma, North Kivu Province of the ...

4don MSN

M23 rebels face Burundian forces in eastern Congo, heightening war fears

By David Lewis and Sonia Rolley NAIROBI (Reuters) - As Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo push ...

Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo say they plan to take their fight to the capital

Rwanda-backed rebels who have captured eastern Congo’s largest city say they plan to take their rebellion to the capital and ...

The Associated Press on MSN11d

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claim major Congolese city, which Congo calls a ‘declaration of war’

Three U.N. peacekeepers from South Africa have been killed in fighting M23 rebels in eastern Congo, a political party and ...

Moneyweb7d

War in Congo’s east puts millions at risk of infectious disease

The fighting is complicating contact tracing, infection prevention and food access, all of which increase the risk of disease ...

PM NEWS Nigeria6d

The war in eastern Congo: A rekindling of past ethnic divisions

But is the conflict in eastern Congo a dangerous drama waiting for a spark that will rekindle the ethnic divisions of the past that eventually led to the gruesome death of millions of people?

Stars and Stripes1h

UN rights chief asks anyone with ‘influence’ to act on Congo

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights urged “all those with influence” to move quickly to end the deadly ...

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