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UN peacekeeping chief in Congo meets M23 leaders in first visit to rebel-held city
The head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo met with leaders of the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 on Friday in Goma, ...
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DR Congo and Rwanda to sign peace agreement on June 27
It will be formally signed on June 27 by ministers from the DRC and Rwanda in the presence of US Secretary of State Marco ...
Armed rebels take control of Heineken facilities in DR Congo’s war-hit east
Heineken has lost operational control and withdrawn its staff from its facilities in conflict-affected areas of eastern ...
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M23 rebels battling Congo's army close in on Goma as panic spreads among city's 2 million people
GOMA, Congo — Panic spread in eastern Congo's main city on Thursday, with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to Goma and seizing a nearby town as they battle the Congolese army. Bombs were heard ...
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M23 Rebels Claim Goma, Congo Calls It a 'Declaration of War'
M23 rebels, backed by Rwanda, claimed to have taken control of Goma, eastern Congo's largest city, early on Monday, while a 48-hour deadline for the Congolese army to surrender expired.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo: Despair grows in M23-controlled Goma
M23 rebels have controlled Goma, a city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Violence overshadows everyday ...
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Ceasefire in east Congo appears to crumble as rebels take another town
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized control of a mining town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province, eight sources said on Wednesday, in an apparent violation of a ...