Congo troops pull back as M23 rebels take airport near Bukavu
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels appeared on Friday to be closing in on eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's second-largest city, ...
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How the West Destroyed Congo’s Hopes for Independence
The burden that Patrice Lumumba, prime minister of the Republic of the Congo, assumed was an awesome one. On his young, slim ...
Fighting in Africa’s mineral-rich DRC killed over 3,000 in less than 2 weeks. Here’s how your phone plays a part
A rampaging rebel group has claimed the capture of another mining town in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of ...
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UN says more than 700 killed in just five days of fighting in DR Congo
More than 700 people have been killed and 2,800 injured in just five days since fighting escalated in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between January 26-30, UN Secretary-General ...
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U.N. warns escalation in Congo war with M23 rebels bringing "summary executions" and gang rapes
Geneva — The United Nations on Friday voiced alarm at rampant violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as the M23 armed group pushed deeper into the country, warning of summary ...
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M23 rebels face Burundian forces in eastern Congo, heightening war fears
NAIROBI - As Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo push south towards the ... deal that ended Burundi's 1993-2005 civil war, which killed 300,000 people, its military ...
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M23 Rebels Face Burundian Forces in Eastern Congo, Heightening War Fears
M23 Rebels Face Burundian Forces in Eastern Congo, Heightening War Fears (This ... Under the peace deal that ended Burundi's 1993-2005 civil war, which killed 300,000 people, its military put ...
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South Africa and Rwanda go head-to-head over DR Congo war
Ramaphosa also insisted, in a later statement, that the presence of South African troops in DR Congo was not a "declaration of war against any country or state" - an apparent reference to Rwanda.
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Congo war fears grow as M23 rebels approach Burundian forces in the east
As Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo push south toward the ... Under the peace deal that ended Burundi’s 1993-2005 civil war, which killed 300,000 people, its ...
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M23 rebels face Burundian forces in eastern Congo, heightening war fears
(This Jan. 31 story has been corrected to fix the reference to troops in Congo to Burundian ... peace deal that ended Burundi's 1993-2005 civil war, which killed 300,000 people, its military ...
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DR Congo conflict: Why is the EU under pressure to reconsider its minerals partnership with Rwanda?
M23 rebels escort government soldiers and police who surrendered to an undisclosed location in Goma, Democratic republic of the Congo ... driving the biggest civil war in sport Ranked: The ...