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Travel + Leisure Readers Rank Minor Hotels Among the World’s Best in 2025 Awards
Africa.com
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July 14, 2025
African excellence recognised: Kilindi Zanzibar named continent’s top resort JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 14 July 2025-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Minor Hotels, a global hotel owner and operator with more than 560 properties across six...
Congo says 773 killed in the past week of fighting between troops, rebels in Goma
CBC/Radio-Canada
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February 1, 2025
At least 773 people were killed in eastern Congo's largest city of Goma and its vicinity this week amid fighting with Rwanda-backed rebels who captured the city in a major escalation of a decadelong conflict, Congolese authorities said Saturday....
Congo says 773 dead in weeklong fighting as military tries to repel Rwanda-backed rebels
Newsday - New York
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GOMA, Congo — At least 773 people were killed in eastern Congo's largest city of Goma and its vicinity this week amid fighting with Rwanda-backed rebels who captured the city in a major escalation of a decadelong conflict, Congolese authorities...
WHO supports Democratic Republic of the Congo reinforce efforts to diagnose disease in remote area
Panapress
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December 6, 2024
06 december 2024 - 18:08:10 WA 171 Views Panafrican News Agency Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) is deploying experts to support health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo carry out further investigations...
DRC: Hospitals overwhelmed, food running out: Goma faces ‘devastation’
Panapress
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January 31, 2025
31 january 2025 - 05:09:12 MA 160 Views Panafrican News Agency Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - After days of intense fighting, the humanitarian situation in Goma, capital of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has reached alarming levels –...
Alliance Launches To Advance African-Led Health Research, Development And Innovation
Africa.com
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March 20, 2025
The African Health Research, Innovation and Development Alliance (AHRIDA), a trailblazing pan-African movement for advocacy in health research, development and innovation (RD&I), was launched during the Africa Health Agenda International...
M23 rebels advance as DRC gov’t offers $5m reward to capture rebel leaders
Al Jazeera
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The M23 armed group has pushed deeper into the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich region after capturing the key cities of Goma and Bukavu – the capitals of North and South Kivu provinces, respectively – in recent weeks. Security sources...
Congo Vows 'Vigorous Response' To Rebel Advances, Amid Regional Mediation Efforts
MENAFN
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January 30, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Kinshasa, Jan 30 (IANS) Felix Tshisekedi, the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), promised a "vigorous response" to advances of March 23 Movement (M23) rebels in the eastern DRC, amid peace efforts by regional...
TWR offers hope as M23 rebels gain ground in DR Congo
Mission Network News
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March 24, 2025
Congo-Kinshasa (MNN) — M23 rebels recently seized a strategic mining hub in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, defying calls for an immediate ceasefire. The rebels also took control of a road linking four provinces, cutting off the...
CDC Monitors Outbreak of Deadly Unknown Disease in Congo
Times News Global
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March 6, 2025
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo (AP) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is closely monitoring an outbreak of a mysterious disease that has claimed at least 53 lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),...
Congo struggles to halt rebels as bodies litter streets
Daily News Tanzania
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January 29, 2025
GOMA, DRC — 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, as U.N. officials reported violence, looting and bodies in the...
DRC: Nearly 160 wounded in Kivu provinces following recent armed clashes
Doctors Without Borders
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January 7, 2025
Kinshasa-Goma - In recent days, the Masisi territory of North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has been the scene of major clashes between the armed group M23/AFC and the Congolese army, backed by allied elements. These clashes...
Congo tries to slow the assault of Rwanda-backed rebels amid reports of dead bodies in the streets (copy)
Santa Maria Times - California
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GOMA, 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, as U.N. officials reported violence, looting, and bodies in the...
Congo tries to slow assault of Rwanda-backed rebels amid reports of dead bodies in streets
Japan Today
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January 28, 2025
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, as U.N. officials reported violence, looting, and bodies in the streets. The...
Rwanda and Belgium expel each other's diplomats over DRC violence
Firstpost
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March 17, 2025
The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group swept through the mineral-rich east of the DRC earlier this year, taking two major cities, with thousands killed and millions displaced. read more Belgium and Rwanda announced the expulsion of each other’s...
Congo
The Transylvania Times - North Carolina
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United Nations officials say there were dead bodies on the streets of eastern Congo’s largest city where hospitals are overwhelmed and hundreds of thousands are fleeing gunfire and shelling. This is even as protesters attacked several foreign...
Congo tries to slow the assault of Rwanda-backed rebels amid reports of dead bodies in the streets
Associated Press
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January 28, 2025
GOMA, Congo (AP) — 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, as U.N. officials reported violence, looting, and bodies in...
Congo's forces try to slow Rwanda-backed rebels as protests break out
Loop News
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GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congo's security forces were fighting on Tuesday against Rwanda-backed rebels who advanced into a key eastern city in a major escalation of a decadeslong conflict. Residents reported gunfire overnight in Goma, a city of 2...
Congo Pulls Diplomats From Rwanda Amid Imminent Rebellion Advances
MENAFN
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January 27, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Kinshasa, Jan 27 (IANS) The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has announced the recall of its embassy staff in Rwanda amid advances by the March 23 Movement (M23) rebellion, which fueled diplomatic tensions between Kinshasa and...
DR Congo agrees to hold peace talks with rebels
Daily News Tanzania
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March 17, 2025
Angola announced last week that it will begin mediating direct ceasefire negotiations between the militants and DR Congo officials on March 18. “At this stage, we can’t say who will make up the delegation,” Tina Salama, spokesperson at the DR...