M23’s capture of Goma is the latest chapter in eastern Congo’s long-running war
Creating sustainable peace in Congo requires giving justice to the victims of war crimes and preventing the illicit trade in ...
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A Conflict in Congo
Congo’s mines are making the rebels — and their patrons in Rwanda — rich. A map of Africa highlights two countries: Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, along with two major ...
Could a rebellion in eastern Congo widen into a regional war?
Analysts say the deadly march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo could widen into a regional conflict drawing in ...
Leaders across Africa call for end to DR Congo conflict
African leaders asked defense chiefs for a road map to end the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Since 1996, conflict in eastern DRC has led to approximately six million deaths. The First Congo War (1996–1997) began in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, during which ethnic Hutu ...
‘Days of Mass Burials Ahead’ as Congo Mourns Its Dead in Goma
Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the ...
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Rwanda’s reckless plan to redraw the map of Africa
The largest city in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC ... to redraw the map of the region—and, in doing so, risk another catastrophic African war. The origins of events in ...
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DR Congo conflict advances as UN warns of regional escalation
Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi are due to attend a summit in Tanzania on Saturday as ...