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DRC government directive triggers panic in ape sanctuaries amid ongoing conflict
By Spoorthy Raman For primate sanctuaries in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the year 2025 has begun with panic, worry and ...
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DRC now imposes ‘entry tax’ on goods from M23 strongholds
The decision has already sparked controversy in Kinshasa, where critics fear it could lead ...
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Rebels seen in center of key DR Congo city after claiming takeover
the largest city and capital of the neighboring North Kivu province on January 27. Fighting in Goma between the rebels and DRC’s military left more than 3,000 people dead, according to the ...
The Conversation29d
DRC rebels take eastern city of Goma – why it matters and what could happen next
The rebels are now reportedly advancing towards Bukavu, the capital of ... captured Goma, a city of 2 million people, within just three days. But the conflict between the DRC and the M23, which ...
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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 Congo (DRC), a little ... region’s largest city Goma.
Voice of America28d
UN: Deaths near 3,000 in fighting for DRC's Goma
the capital of North Kivu province and a city of more than a million people, thousands of whom have been displaced from other conflict areas. The DRC government has repeatedly accused Rwanda of ...
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Environmental & rights activists flee and hide as M23 captures DRC’s cities
Aerial view of Goma, Nord Kivu, DRC in November 2014. Image courtesy of MONUSCO ... Weeks later, on February 16, Bukavu, the second-largest city in the country and capital of South Kivu, also fell to ...
Voice of America Editorials8d
M23 Must Immediately Cease Its Attacks in the DRC
"We now have confirmed reports from Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights of summary executions of ...
Al Jazeera English16d
DRC rebels promise security after seizing Bukavu in country’s east
Rwanda-backed rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC ... capital of South Kivu province were tentatively walking the streets again on Monday, a day after M23 rebels overran the city ...
Yahoo News UK29d
DRC rebels take eastern city of Goma – why it matters and what could happen next
In a major escalation in the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), rebels from the March 23 Movement – or M23 – have seized Goma, the capital city of North Kivu province. At ...