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Panic Spreads in Goma As M23 Rebels Threaten to March On City
Panic spread in Goma, the capital of DR Congo's North Kivu Province, on Thursday, January 23, with M23 rebels reportedly planning to march on the key city after recently gaining more ground against ...
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Member of Bishops’ Conference say situation in eastern Congo is ‘catastrophic’
A leading bishop in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) says the situation in the conflict-hit eastern part of the country ...
Turkey Offers To Mediate Between Rwanda And DR Congo
Ankara has offered to mediate between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo over a new offensive launched by an armed group in the east of the DRC, Turkey's president said Thursday.
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Should King Baudouin, DRC’s Last Sovereign, Be Beatified?
During his visit to Belgium in Sept 2024, Pope Francis announced the start of the beatification process for the man who ratified the Congo's independence.
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M23 rebels advance on Goma, sparking panic and injuries
Panic engulfed Goma as M23 rebels advanced steadily towards the city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, clashing with ...
Killed for fighting corruption, a Congolese man made a martyr is inspiring a new generation
When a 25-year-old government worker was asked in 2007 to allow spoiled rice from Rwanda to be transported across the border ...
M23 rebels battling Congo’s army close in on Goma as panic spreads among city’s 2 million people
Panic is spreading in Goma in eastern Congo as M23 rebels encircle the city, battling Congo’s army. Many civilians have been wounded in the crossfire, stretching the main hospital.
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Congo bans Al Jazeera over its interview with a key rebel leader and threatens journalists
A decade ago, the group seized the border city of Goma, and in late 2021 captured broad swaths of territory in eastern Congo. Al Jazeera's interview with Bisimwa was ”tantamount to an apology ...
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Rwanda’s Paul Kagame urges Congo to negotiate with M23 rebels after they seize strategic towns
United Nations experts estimate there are up to 4,000 Rwandan forces in Congo. The rebel group rose to prominence a decade ago when its fighters seized Goma, which borders Rwanda. It derives its ...
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Residents and officials say rebels have seized 2 key towns in eastern Congo
Goma, and a strategic entry point into the country's interior. The M23 is one of over 100 armed groups that have been vying for territory in mineral-rich eastern Congo near the border with Rwanda ...
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DR Congo Conflict Displaces Over 100,000 In Under A Week
Recent fighting in part of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has displaced more than ... north of North Kivu's provincial capital Goma. Relative calm returned to Masisi by January 5, prompting ...
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Rebels seize eastern town of DR Congo
The M23 rebels have seized the town of Masisi in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo over the weekend. Rebels captured the town following clashes starting Friday with the Congolese armed ...