A tinderbox conflict in Congo is ready to explode
A conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is set to erupt into a wider ...
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Families sent home to ruins of east DR Congo conflict
When the Banyene family were sent back to their home in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, all that had survived the ...
Why Congo’s Vast Army Is Struggling to Fight a Far Smaller Militia
The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.
It's been a month since rebels seized an eastern Congo city. Goma residents say they are struggling
Rwanda-backed rebels captured a key eastern Congo city a month ago Friday. Residents in Goma, which was once a critical trade ...
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Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Since 1996, conflict in eastern DRC has led to approximately six million deaths. The First Congo War (1996–1997) began in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, during which ethnic Hutu ...
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Advance of Rwanda-backed rebels in Congo threatens regional peace, UN officials warn
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. People board the first boat leaving Bukavu heading to Goma on Lake Kivu since the eastern Congo city was ...
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Anxiety rises in DR Congo capital as M23 rebels advance in east
As Rwanda-backed rebels strolled through the streets of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s second-largest ... latest jarring move from the 61-year-old leader that has fuelled a sense of ...
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One Lake, Two Worlds: Jet-Skis in Rwanda. Bodies Ashore in Congo.
“It is peaceful here, unlike over there,” said Exauce Shalako, a 20-year-old man from Goma ... backing the rebels. Map locates Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Gisenyi in Rwanda.
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Anxiety rises in DR Congo capital as M23 rebels advance in east
It was the latest jarring move from the 61-year-old leader that has fuelled a sense ... to the airport and sending some staff across the Congo River to Brazzaville, capital of Republic of Congo.
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Rwanda: High Time South African Forces Left Eastern DR Congo - M23 Spokesperson
It is high time the South African National Defence Forces' (SANDF) holed up in a UN base camp in DR Congo's North Kivu Province returned home since they have no business in AFC/M23 rebel-held ...
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Old and unrelated footage falsely linked to DR Congo death row inmates
But the video is misleading: while the “before” section shows the inmates being transferred to high-security prisons in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the other clips are old and unrelated. One ...
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Old and unrelated footage falsely linked to DR Congo death row inmates
But the video is misleading: while the “before” section shows the inmates being transferred to high-security prisons in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the other clips are old and unrelated.