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M23 remain in eastern DR Congo town despite announcing withdrawal
Modern Ghana
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The M23 armed group on Sunday remained in the town of Walikale which it recently captured in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, despite announcing it planned to withdraw to further peace talks. The Rwanda-backed outfit announced on Saturday...
Congo checks 12 possible Ebola cases, African health body says
The Straits Times
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January 30, 2025
Congolese volunteer Ferdinand Tangenyi displays a flip book he uses to inform people about the Ebola virus, in Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo, August 3, 2019.REUTERS/Baz Ratner/ File Photo DAKAR - Democratic Republic of Congo authorities...
DRC President Vows Vigorous Response As Rwanda-Backed M23 Fighters Advance
Biz Watch Nigeria
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January 30, 2025
… Criticises Global Inaction The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is embroiled in a deepening crisis as President Felix Tshisekedi announced a “vigorous and coordinated response” to the advancing Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in the country’s...
DRC/Rwanda: Kagame, Tshisekedi to attend crisis summit as Goma’s fate hangs in the balance
Africa Report
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The M23 armed group took control of Goma’s airport in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, a security source said, following days of intense clashes that killed more than 100 people and wounded nearly 1,000, according to an AFP tally of...
DRC: MSF appeals for humanitarian access in Goma as casualties seek medical care
Doctors Without Borders
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January 29, 2025
Goma/Kinshasa- An influx of wounded people is arriving at Kyeshero hospital in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in the hospital are treating people through the armed clashes and insecurity that have...
Congo says it will seek to recover lost territory as Rwanda-backed rebels advance south
Stabroek News
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January 30, 2025
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, (Reuters) – As an East African bloc urged an immediate ceasefire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who seized the city of Goma extended their advance yesterday, and Congo said it...
Congo Crisis: Protesters attack US, French embassies in Kinshasa
Cameroon Intelligence Report
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January 29, 2025
Protesters have attacked the embassies of the United States and France in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Several other foreign missions came under attack on Tuesday. Reportedly, in what seemed to be an...
Mass Displacement in DR Congo after M23 Rebels Captured Walikale-Centre
HumAngle
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March 22, 2025
Scores of people have left Lubutu territory for protected zones following the capture of Walikale-Centre by the Alliance Fleuve Congo AFC/M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo). Most displaced persons leaving Lubutu are heading...
DRC protesters target embassies in Kinshasa over M23's Goma raid
TRT World
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Three days of clashes between the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) army and M23 fighters allegedly supported by Rwandan soldiers have killed more than 100 people in Goma city, according to an AFP tally of tolls from the eastern Congolese...
Congo's M23 rebels consolidate control over a devastated Goma
The Gazette - Colorado
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By Yassin Kombi and Sonia Rolley GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -Rwandan-backed M23 rebels appeared to have consolidated their control over Goma, with eastern Congo's largest city mostly quiet on Wednesday apart from sporadic gunfire...
DRC president misses meeting with Rwandan counterpart “due to scheduling issues”
Ver Angola
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The meeting was scheduled for this Wednesday, at the initiative of Kenya, to try to resolve the crisis in eastern DR Congo, a country neighboring Angola. "The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Félix Tshisekedi, will not participate in...
DRC demands action against Rwanda from the United Nations Security Council
Africanews
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January 29, 2025
The United Nations Security Council met for the second time in three days on Tuesday to discuss the escalating crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. UN agencies on the ground are reporting chaotic scenes in the streets of the...
Congo’s M23 rebels move south toward Bukavu in new push after Goma seizure
The Globe and Mail
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January 29, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:M23 rebels guard a border point after they advanced into Goma, eastern Congo’s largest city, on Jan. 29.Brian Inganga/The Associated Press Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo were moving south on...
Congo's M23 rebels take control of Goma airport, embassies attacked in capital
NTV Uganda
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GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Rebels seized the airport of east Congo's largest city Goma on Tuesday, potentially cutting off the main route for aid to reach hundreds of thousands of displaced people, after capturing the...
DRC tries to slow rebels’ assault amid reports of bodies in the streets
Voice of America
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January 29, 2025
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo — Congolese security forces on Tuesday tried to slow the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who say they have captured Goma after entering eastern Congo's largest city. U.N. officials reported violence, looting...
DRC conflict: Kenyan Embassy in Kinshasa attacked
Citizen TV Kenya
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January 28, 2025
Rwandan security officers escort members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), who surrendered in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, following fighting between M23 rebels and the FARDC, in Gisenyi, Rwanda,...
Trump eyes DR Congo minerals
Independent (Uganda)
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April 6, 2025
Trump’s envoy meeting with the DRC cabinet over the minerals deal on April 3. (DRC Presidency) President Tshisekedi, visiting American senior advisor, discuss minerals-for-security deal COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | Finally, African countries know...
Congo rebels face some resistance in Goma, more peacekeepers killed
The Gazette - Colorado
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By Yassin Kombi and Sonia Rolley GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Gunfire rippled across east Congo's largest city Goma where Rwandan-backed M23 rebels still faced pockets of resistance from army and pro-government militias on...
WHO send experts to Congo to probe mystery deadly disease
Borneo Bulletin
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December 7, 2024
NAIROBI (Bernama-dpa) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) is sending experts to the Democratic Republic of Congo to support local health authorities in investigating the outbreak of a deadly new disease, reported German news agency dpa. The team...
Heavy floods in DR Congo’s Kinshasa leave dozens dead, destroy homes
Al Jazeera
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The capital struggles as the Ndjili River overflows, leaving drivers stranded, and infrastructure collapses. Heavy rains have triggered severe flooding from a key river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo capital Kinshasa, killing some 30...