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Eastern and Southern African leaders hold unprecedented summit to seek way out of Congo conflict
Leaders of Eastern and Southern African regional blocs met for an unprecedented joint summit on Saturday to find a solution to a conflict in eastern Congo, where Rwandan-backed rebels’ rapid ...
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USAID employees detail harrowing exits from DR Congo amid violence as Trump administration dismantles agency
The State Department ordered non-emergency US government personnel and their family members to leave the Democratic Republic of Congo amid escalating violence in the country and its capital city ...
Reuters9d
Tshisekedi to join regional summit on eastern Congo conflict
Summit may bring Congo and Rwanda leaders together for first time UN warns conflict in eastern Congo could inflame the region Rebel advance sparks panic in Bukavu, other eastern towns Feb 6 ...
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Ceasefire in east Congo appears to crumble as rebels take another town
Rebels have captured eastern town of Nyabibwe Government says its forces resist advance U.N. estimates at least 2,800 killed in fighting GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Feb 5 (Reuters ...
Cfr.org7d
War Returns to the Democratic Republic of Congo: What to Know
Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. In January, rebel fighters claimed the eastern city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Their sweep into Goma—a ...
The New York Times8d
Congo Buries Its Dead After Rebel Assault
Supported by It was one of the deadliest battles in decades in the Democratic Republic of Congo. After the city of Goma fell to a rebel group known as M23 last week, the International Red Cross ...
The Boston Globe6d
Leaders from eastern and southern Africa call for a ceasefire and negotiations in Congo
KAMPALA, Uganda — Leaders from eastern and southern Africa on Saturday called for an immediate ceasefire in eastern Congo, where rebels are threatening to overthrow the Congolese government ...
Daily Post Nigeria4d
Militia kills 35 civilians in east Congo
DAILY POST reports that CODECO is one of a myriad of militias fighting over land and resources in eastern Congo. It has been accused in the past by the United Nations of attacks against other ...
AOL5d
Dozens of runaway Congo soldiers face trial on violence charges
(Reuters) - Congo authorities will put at least 75 soldiers on trial on Monday for fleeing the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels into the eastern province of South Kivu and for violence against ...
CNN10d
Rebels call for ceasefire in DR Congo after hundreds are killed in a week of fighting
On Monday, Rwandan President Paul Kagame told CNN he didn’t know if his country’s troops are in eastern DR Congo. Fighting erupted last week as the rebels advanced into Goma, the capital of ...
National Geographic news11d
What’s behind the strange rash of ’dinosaur’ sightings in the Congo?
Deep in the heart of Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Selah Abong’o froze, convinced she was about to encounter something out of legend: a mokele-mbembe, Congo’s mythical dinosaur. In 2003 ...