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EAC heads of state call for immediate ceasefire in DRC
The East African Community (EAC) heads of state have called for an immediate ceasefire in the eastern Democratic Republic of ...
Chief of SANDF, General Rudzani Maphwanya says M23 suffered huge casualties during fierce fight in DRC
A Uruguayan soldier who was part of the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) ...
Residents of Congo’s besieged city live in fear as government forces battle rebel takeover
Residents of the besieged city of Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, say they are gripped by fear as ...
Congo's defeated foreign mercenaries head home with 'big relief'
Nearly 300 foreign mercenaries hired by the Democratic Republic of Congo government to counter a swift offensive by ...
Rwanda, the West’s ‘Donor Darling,’ Seizes an Opportunity in Congo
A conflict that has raged for decades reached a flashpoint this week when rebels backed by Rwanda marched on a key Congolese ...
DR Congo: 500,000 forced to flee their homes in January
Fierce fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has displaced more than half a million people, the country's ...
Congo says it will seek to recover lost territory as Rwanda-backed rebels advance south
By Yassin Kombi and David Lewis GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -As an East African bloc urged an immediate ...
Violence erupts in mineral-rich DR Congo as rebels move into key city. Here’s what we know
A rebel alliance claimed the capture of the biggest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich eastern region ...