As M23 rebel group advances in Congo, a new leader signals a shift in its identity
The M23 rebel group that is backed by Rwanda has emerged as a more potent force after being crushed during their first ...
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The deepest river in the world that’s also Africa’s second longest
This includes the Nile, Africa’s longest river and one of the longest in the world. Further south lies the continent’s second longest - the Congo River, formerly the Zaire River - which is ...
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Rwandan-backed rebels enter Congo's Goma in major escalation
Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Alliance that includes the M23, told Reuters his forces controlled the city. His claim could not be independently verified amid conflicting accounts of ...
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Congo tries to slow the assault of Rwanda-backed rebels amid reports of dead bodies in the streets
GOMA, Congo — Congolese security forces on Tuesday tried to slow the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who say they have captured Goma after entering eastern Congo's largest city, as U.N ...
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U.S. Citizens Advised to Evacuate Congo Amid Attacks on Embassies
By Elian Peltier and Justin Makangara Reporting from Dakar, Senegal, and Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. The United States on Tuesday advised U.S. nationals to leave the Democratic ...
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Congo severs ties with Rwanda as eastern conflict escalates
Three-year M23 insurgency has intensified in January Congo says Rwandan snipers killed military governor U.N. Security Council to meet on Sunday to discuss the crisis Jan 25 (Reuters ...
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Rwanda-backed rebels seize control of Congo’s Goma after violent clashes
NAIROBI — An armed rebel group backed by Rwanda took full control of a key provincial capital in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday, residents said, after days of bloody ...
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China takes SHOCKING decision, withdraws from project to build world’s largest hydroelectric dam in…, Beijing says, frustrated with…
China’s state-owned Three Gorges Corporation has decided to withdraw from the Grand Inga Dam project, a massive hydroelectric initiative on the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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Rwanda-backed rebels take control of airport in Goma, eastern Congo's largest city
leader of the Congo River Alliance, which includes the M23, has suggested the rebels' aim is to replace President Felix Tshisekedi and his government in the capital. UN peacekeepers have been ...
Daily Monitor5d
Leader of Congo's rebel alliance says they have taken Goma
"We have taken Goma and have ordered soldiers to surrender by 3:00 a.m. local time (0100 GMT)," Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Alliance that includes the M23, told Reuters. Reuters ...
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Residents of Congo’s besieged city live in fear as government forces battle rebel takeover
Residents of the besieged city of Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, say they are gripped by fear as gunshots continue to ring out around their homes, days after rebel forces ...