Blue Helmets in eastern Congo: Unloved, but still needed
The UN mission in eastern Congo was initially meant to be quickly concluded at the request of Kinshasa. However, the M23 offensive in North Kivu has led to a reassessment. Will the peacekeeping ...
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Congo-Kinshasa: UN Mission in DR Congo Under Scrutiny As Conflict Escalates
Nairobi, Kenya — Seventeen U.N. peacekeepers have been killed this year in clashes between M23 rebels and government forces in the eastern Democratic Republic ... how the United Nations handles ...
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Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo - Battle for Goma Continues As 'Volatile' Crisis Unfolds
As fighting intensifies between the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group and Congolese forces, UN chief of Peace Operations ...
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Indian Embassy in Congo asks Indian nationals to depart immediately to safer locations
The Embassy of India in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Sunday said it is closely monitoring the security situation in the central African country and asked all the Indian nationals in ...
Key DR Congo city on brink as pro-Rwanda forces take airport
An armed group backed by Rwandan troops took control of the besieged Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma's airport on ...
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Ramaphosa breaks silence on deaths of SANDF soldiers in the DRC
A week after the first of 13 South African soldiers were killed by M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), ...
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UN says Democratic Republic of Congo 'calmer,' amid calls for protests
The priority of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in Congo (MONUSCO ... a UN building and several African embassies including Kenya Uganda and Rwanda. Demonstrators accused the embassies ...
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DRC's Goma on the brink as Rwanda-backed fighters take airport
The main city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has become a battleground since fighters from the Tutsi-led M23 armed group and Rwandan forces entered central Goma on Sunday night after a ...
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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 ... four more South African soldiers deployed in DR Congo as part of the UN peacekeeping mission there had ...
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UN warns of worrying humanitarian situation in DRC’s Goma amid assault by Rwanda-backed rebels
There was gunfire Tuesday in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ... Lemarquis added. The United Nations announced Sunday a $17 million disbursement from its central emergency fund for ...
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Democratic Republic of Congo warns of dire consequences if UN fails to intervene in crisis
The Democratic Republic of Congo called Tuesday for immediate action by the UN Security Council to address ... had been taken to protect diplomatic missions in the country, Foreign Minister ...
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Ruto meets UN deputy chief over DRC crisis
President William Ruto on Tuesday held talks with UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed over the raging crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).The President met Mohammed on the ...