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After the fall of Goma and Bukavu, where is DR Congo’s M23 war headed?
Rwandan support, combined with weaknesses in DRC’s army, enabled the M23 to seize vast amounts of territory in North Kivu ...
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M23 rebels advance as DRC gov’t offers $5m reward to capture rebel leaders
The M23 armed group has pushed deeper into the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich region after capturing the key ...
The Citizen on MSN1d
M23 rebels capture another town in DR Congo, say Qatar-led mediation talks 'not our business'
The leader of Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in eastern Congo said on Thursday that a call by Kinshasa and Kigali for an immediate ceasefire "doesn't concern us" as his forces pushed deeper into Congolese ...
Global Voices2d
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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'They killed all these young people' - BBC investigates alleged massacre in rebel-held Congolese city
When he heard that Freddy had been shot - by M23 rebels he was told - he and others rushed to the scene in Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. "When we arrived, we found Freddy still ...
Jurist1d
Human rights group condemns M23 rebels’ human rights abuses in DRC
Amnesty International raised concerns on Tuesday regarding the ongoing human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Since the Rwandan-backed rebel group, M23, captured the city of ...
Le Monde.fr4d
DRC's Goma, after the M23 attack: A city at a standstill, cut off from the world
A month and a half after the M23 rebels and their Rwandan allies seized Goma in late January, the fighting has stopped. However, despair is spreading among the traders of Birere and much of the ...
M23 rebels withdraw from Congo peace talks, citing international sanctions
The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured key areas of Congo’s mineral-rich east say they have withdrawn from planned peace talks ...
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DR Congo crisis: M23 rebels seize Walikale, genocidal militia’s strongholds - reports
Undaunted by Western sanctions, the Alliance fleuve Congo (AFC/M23) rebellion has pressed on in eastern DR Congo, capturing the town of Walikale in North Kivu Province, late Wednesday, March 19, ...