Nearly 3,000 people killed after rebels seize key city in DR Congo, UN says
Nearly three thousand people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to ...
The Africa Report8d
DRC: Rwanda‑backed M23 pledges to ‘march all the way to Kinshasa’
Local sources said Kigali-backed fighters were advancing on a new front and had seized two districts in South Kivu province, ...
The Associated Press on MSN6d
M23 rebels now want to capture DRC capital Kinshasa
Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s largest city said Thursday they want to take their fight to the far-off ...
AllAfrica.com1d
Congo-Kinshasa: Deaths Near 3,000 in Fighting for DR Congo's Goma - UN
A senior U.N. official in the Democratic Republic of Congo said Wednesday that nearly 3,000 people have been killed in a ...
allAfrica.com on MSN6d
Congo-Kinshasa: UN Agencies Warn of Worsening Humanitarian and Human Rights Crisis in Eastern DR Congo
United Nations agencies on Friday called for an end to the violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as ...
Rebels call for ceasefire in DR Congo after hundreds are killed in a week of fighting
A rebel group that claimed to have captured the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week has called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, after fighting with the Congolese ...
AFP on MSN8d
Rwanda-backed M23 pledges to 'march all the way to Kinshasa'
The Rwanda-backed armed group M23 vowed Thursday to "continue the march of liberation" to the DR Congo capital Kinshasa, as its fighters made further advances in the mineral-rich east of the country.
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Congo: interests in coltan, gold and cobalt behind the violence
a Fidei Donum priest who lives in South Kivu, in Kitoto, presently living in the capital of the DRC. Last week he travelled to Kinshasa with a group of local activists to denounce abuses and ...
The EastAfrican on MSN6dOpinion
Why Rwanda and South Africa bickering persists post-Mandela
Planes, small and big, fly in, are loaded with minerals, and fly out to destinations unknown, under the radar of the ...
DR Congo, Rwanda leaders to join summit on crisis in war-torn east
DRC President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame will attend a summit on Saturday as a Rwanda-backed armed ...
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Blue Helmets in eastern Congo: Unloved, but still needed
The withdrawal had been decided: the Blue Helmets already withdrew from South Kivu in June 2024 ... shift in the Congolese government's stance. Kinshasa has become more cautious: "The withdrawal ...