UN rights body holds urgent session on violence in eastern Congo as Rwanda-backed rebels advance
The U.N.'s top human rights body was holding an urgent session on Friday on spiralling violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels ...
Hospitals in eastern Congo are crowded with wounded and exhausting their supplies
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Hundreds of wounded people have poured into overcrowded hospitals in Goma, a major city in eastern Congo, ...
Congolese army tries to repel Rwanda-backed rebels in fighting that has killed some 700 people
As the fighting raged on with the M23 rebels Saturday, the Congolese army recaptured the villages of Sanzi, Muganzo and Mukwidja in South Kivu's Kalehe territory, which had fallen to the rebels ...
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Protesters set fires and looted foreign embassies in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, Kinshasa ... vastly renovate the world’s biggest museum, which has endured significant wear ...
Red Cross vehicles arrive at Gaza location where Hamas is to free 3 Israeli hostages
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Red Cross vehicles arrive at Gaza location where Hamas is to free 3 Israeli hostages. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has backed US President Donald Trump’s ...
Rwanda-backed rebels have seized another town in eastern Congo
Rwanda-backed rebels gained ground in eastern Congo on Wednesday despite the unilateral ceasefire they declared earlier this week, taking control of a town 100 kilometers (60 ...
Congo calls rebels’ ceasefire declaration ‘false communication’ as reports of fighting continue
Congo’s government on Tuesday described the unilateral ceasefire declared by Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo as “false ...
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Have you been paying attention to current events recently? See how many of these 10 questions you can get right. Compiled by Jeremy Engle Is there a goal you’d like to pursue by doing ...
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M23 rebels now want to capture DRC capital Kinshasa
Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s largest city said Thursday they want to take their fight to the far-off capital, Kinshasa, while Congo’s president called for a massive military ...
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DR Congo conflict risks broader regional war, Burundi warns
Photo: AFP The Rwanda-backed armed group M23 has vowed to march on the capital Kinshasa after capturing eastern DRC's biggest city of Goma earlier this week. The lightning offensive is the latest ...
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Congo vs Rwanda: African Court to hear Kinshasa's case
As part of its proposed reparations package, Kinshasa demands that Rwanda immediately "withdraw its troops from DRC territory and cease all forms of support to M23." It followed up on its initial ...
Inside A$AP Rocky’s trial, these are some of the extraordinary moments cameras didn't capture
There have been plenty of out-of-the-ordinary moments at the ongoing trial of rapper A$AP Rocky. Superstar singer Rihanna's ...