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 ...
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UN warns Congo's M23 conflict could spark regional war
Sake. Fighting has flared more fiercely in Democratic Republic of Congo's mineral-rich east since the start of the year as the Tutsi-led M23 group seized control of more territory than ever before ...
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Panic spreads in eastern Congo's largest city as rebels battling the army close in around Goma
Panic spread in Goma on Thursday, with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to the city in eastern Congo as they battle ... from the “Rwandan army” on Sake, a town only 27 kilometers (16 miles ...
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Fighting reaches outskirts of eastern Congo's largest city as rebels close in
The U.S. Embassy in Congo's capital, Kinshasa, in a notice Thursday warned of "an increase in the severity of armed conflict near Sake" and advised U.S. nationals in North Kivu province ...
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Fighting reaches the outskirts of eastern Congo's largest city as rebels close in
The U.S. Embassy in Congo's capital, Kinshasa, in a notice Thursday warned of "an increase in the severity of armed conflict near Sake” and advised U.S. nationals in North Kivu province ...