As M23 rebel group advances in Congo, a new leader signals a shift in its identity
At an M23 news conference in Goma on Thursday, Nangaa said the rebels aim to set up a new administration in the city of 2 ...
Grand Inga : Are DR Congo plans to build the world largest hydropower dam still on track
From a set of roaring rapids, comes a grand vision. There are plans to build a magnificent, multi-billion dollar mega-dam on ...
The deepest river in the world that’s also Africa’s second longest
This incredible river is the second-longest in Africa and is also the world's deepest river, with a measured depth of around ...
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DRC: Who is Corneille Nangaa, the man leading the M23 rebels?
Former election-chief-turned-rebel-leader Corneille Nangaa has gone from overseeing Congo’s contested 2018 election to leading a powerful insurgency against the DRC’s President Félix Tshisekedi.
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Mineral exploitation overshadows green diplomacy in Congo’s Sangha region
Deep in the heart of a lush green forest, an excavator is hard at work, turning over the earth in search of gold. The ...
Rwanda-backed rebels capture key eastern DR Congo town
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have taken over the key eastern trading town of Minova, ...
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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 provincial military governor dies in rebel offensive
On Friday, the rebel Congo River Alliance (AFC), which includes M23, said they planned to take Goma. The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo, MONUSCO, said that its heavy artillery had carried out ...
Daily Express6d
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 ...
The Straits Times2d
Explainer: What is happening in Congo and why are M23 rebels fighting?
Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Alliance (AFC), which includes Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebels, told Reuters on Tuesday that they plan to govern Goma. M23 forces were later ...