Rwanda-backed rebels advance and Congolese forces retreat from eastern Congo’s second largest city
Panic and looting are sweeping through eastern Congo’s second largest city as residents fled by the thousands to escape the ...
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Chaos and looting as Rwanda-backed rebels push toward eastern Congo's second major city
Panic and looting are sweeping through eastern Congo’s second largest city as residents fled by the thousands to escape the ...
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Chaos, looting break out as rebels push toward major DRC city
Panic swept through eastern Congo’s second-largest city on Saturday as residents fled by the thousands, scrambling to escape ...
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Bukavu business community urges M23 to quickly secure city, halt criminal activity
The AFC/M23 rebels should quickly move in, fully capture, and secure the entire of Bukavu, the capital of DR Congo’s South Kivu Province, so as to end the ongoing vandalism and looting done by ...
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DR Congo: Militias commit mass ethnic killings in Ituri
A wave of brutal killings in eastern DR Congo has raised alarms, as militias rampage through Ituri province, targeting civilians. A video circulating online shows disturbing scenes of massacres ...
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Congo rebels say they have entered Bukavu after seizing airport
Earlier on Friday, the Congolese army confirmed that M23 fighters had taken control of Kavumu airport, north of Bukavu, and that Congolese troops had pulled back with their equipment ...
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The key factors fueling conflict in eastern DRC
The past three years have been turbulent for the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region that has experienced ...
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Pressure points: How Europeans could help avert a Third Congo War
Congo stands on the brink of being at the centre of a devastating new regional war. Europe should act in its own self-interest to avert further humanitarian catastrophe ...
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Conflict in eastern DRC provokes fears of regional war
The M23, backed by Rwanda, has overpowered the poorly trained Congolese army, while Uganda, Burundi and South Africa have ...