A family fleeing violence in eastern Congo sees little hope as rebels grab more land
Thousands of families have been displaced by violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels last month seized the key ...
Congo Buries Its Dead After Rebel Assault
A single image captures the grim task facing those who needed to find space for the dead after a spasm of violence in Central ...
‘Days of Mass Burials Ahead’ as Congo Mourns Its Dead in Goma
Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the ...
Congo’s stylish sapeur movement goes beyond fashion – 5 deeper insights
For sapeurs, appearance is a powerful way to make an impression and stand out in an environment often defined by hardship.
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Eastern Congo rebel alliance declares ceasefire starting on Feb. 4
DAKAR, Feb 3 (Reuters) - The Eastern Congo rebel alliance that includes the M23 has declared a ceasefire for humanitarian reasons starting on Feb. 4, the group known as the Congo River Alliance ...
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Uganda sends 1,000 more soldiers to east Congo near M23 conflict, sources say
Ugandans deployed near where Congo army fighting M23 rebels Troops officially in Congo to help fight another insurgency With Rwanda backing M23, fears of regional escalation rise NAIROBI ...
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Rebels call for ceasefire in DR Congo after hundreds are killed in a week of fighting
On Monday, Rwandan President Paul Kagame told CNN he didn’t know if his country’s troops are in eastern DR Congo. Fighting erupted last week as the rebels advanced into Goma, the capital of ...
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"All Our Citizens Are Safe", Says India Amid DR Congo Conflict
About twenty-five thousand Indian citizens live in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mr Jaiswal said. Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs Randhir Jaiswal said on Friday that ...
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As fighting rages on in Eastern DR Congo, Catholic charity steps up humanitarian response
Amid the escalation of violence, the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) has scaled up humanitarian response in Goma, a city in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo ...
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Rwanda-backed rebels declare ceasefire after deadly capture of Democratic Republic of Congo city
Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a major city in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have declared a unilateral ceasefire on humanitarian grounds. The M23 rebel group announced on Monday that ...
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M23 rebels declare unilateral ceasefire in DR Congo’s war-torn east
A political-military coalition of groups called the Alliance Fleuve Congo (River Congo Alliance), of which M23 is a member, said in a statement late Monday that it would implement "a ceasefire ...
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Call for Arsenal, PSG and Bayern to end Visit Rwanda deals
Di Democratic Republic of Congo don tell Arsenal, Bayern Munich and Paris St-Germain to end dia "blood stained" sponsorship deals wit Visit Rwanda sake of di humanitarian crisis wey dey worse for ...