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UN evacuates Goma staff to Entebbe
The United Nations has evacuated over 1600 staff from Goma to Entebbe. ;The UN confirmed that the Congolese staff will be repatriated to Congolese capital Kinshasha by air. It added that the ...
Millions of migrants and hundreds of staff impacted by US and other aid cuts, UN agency says
The United Nations migration agency says it is scaling back or ending projects around the world and firing staff following an ...
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DR Congo updates: M23 claim they have captured Goma
M23 rebels claim they have captured of the key city of Goma UN Security Council condemned 'flagrant disregard' for sovereignty in DRC Kenya announced DRC and Rwanda had agreed to attend a summit ...
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DR Congo rebels have abducted hospital patients –UN
At least 130 sick and wounded men have been abducted from two hospitals in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DR Congo) eastern city of Goma by M23 rebels, the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) reported ...
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Eastern DRC: The impossible death toll of the battle for Goma
More than a month after rebels captured Goma, the capital of DRC’s North Kivu province, humanitarian workers dispute the UN’s ...
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More than 150 female inmates raped and burned to death during Goma jailbreak in DRC, UN says
The male inmates, some of whom were killed by prison guards, plotted a mass escape on January 27 as the M23 rebel alliance battled with Congolese forces in Goma over control of the city, the UN ...
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Goma
As M23 rebels entered Goma and the city was plunged into chaos, female prisoners were attacked, the UN says. The UN estimates another 2,800 were injured as M23 rebels captured the eastern city of ...
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Uruguayan peacekeeper killed in DRC as rebels seize Goma
According to Uruguayan Army sources, two companies from the South American country were deployed in Rusayo, 17 km from Goma, in addition to guarding the UN Logistics Base housing civilians about ...
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DRC: The forgotten victims of the conflict in Goma
In Goma, families deprived of their homes and livelihoods often wander in search of refuge, not knowing what tomorrow will ...
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It’s been a month since rebels seized an eastern Congo city. Goma residents say they are struggling.
GOMA, Congo — Rwanda-backed rebels captured ... who were already displaced by the conflict had fled once again, the UN said. Despite M23’s promises to restart economic activities, commercial ...
As Rwanda-backed rebels seized Goma, the families of Congolese soldiers became a target
GOMA, Congo (AP) — The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo's major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers, the families say, with the troops' wives chased from ...
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Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo - Clean Water 'A Lifeline' for Around 364,000 Children a Day in Goma
The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and partners in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are providing lifesaving ...