Congo says rebel uprising in its east has killed over 7,000 people this year
More than 7,000 people have died this year as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured unprecedented amounts of territory in ...
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As Rwanda-backed rebels seized Goma, the families of Congolese soldiers became a target
Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers.
Children face lethal violence, rape in east Congo war
An army spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment about the incident in late January in Goma. The United Nations ...
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Eastern DRC: Injured South African troops en route home via Rwanda
Defeated soldiers from the Southern Africa Development Community’s (SADC) peace mission were seen leaving Goma by road ...
At least 7,000 have died in Congo this year, country's PM tells UN's human rights council
Some 7,000 people have died since January in fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the prime minister of the DRC told a high-level meeting of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on ...
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Over 7,000 killed in eastern Congo since January: PM
The M23 movement, supported by some 4,000 Rwandan soldiers, according to U.N. experts, now controls large tracts of troubled eastern Congo. Its rapid advance has sent tens of thousands fleeing.
Congo’s president says he’ll create a unity government as violence spreads
Congo’s president says he is going to launch a unity government, as violence spreads across the country’s east and pressure ...
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SAMIDRC soldiers – including from South Africa – apparently exiting Goma
About 200 wounded and sick soldiers from the Southern African Development Community Mission in the Democratic Republic of ...
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Congo crisis: M23 demands talks even as it captures territories
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the conflict, this past two weeks, has been blamed on the offensive by the M23 rebel ...
Fighting in Congo has killed 7,000 since January, DRC prime minister says
Some 7,000 people have died since January in fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the prime minister of the ...
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Crime rises as life resumes in war-torn east DR Congo: UN
Crime has increased in eastern DR Congo's two major cities which were recently seized by the Rwanda-backed M23, the UN's ...