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Kenya Unveils Blood Automation Plan at Africa Technology Day
Africa.com
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March 28, 2025
Kenya is set to roll out whole blood automation technology as part of efforts to modernize its blood transfusion services and improve access to safe blood across the country. The announcement was made by the Principal Secretary for Medical...
DRC demands action against Rwanda from the United Nations Security Council
Africanews
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January 29, 2025
The United Nations Security Council met for the second time in three days on Tuesday to discuss the escalating crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. UN agencies on the ground are reporting chaotic scenes in the streets of the...
Congo fighting: Rise of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels harder to stop this time
Citizen TV Kenya
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January 29, 2025
Colleta Nzabonipa, 54, sits among other internally displaced people who fled from various camps following fighting between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,...
Congo's M23 rebels take control of Goma airport, embassies attacked in capital
NTV Uganda
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GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Rebels seized the airport of east Congo's largest city Goma on Tuesday, potentially cutting off the main route for aid to reach hundreds of thousands of displaced people, after capturing the...
Latin America Ties: Congo Conflict Shakes Mineral Trade
LatinAmerican Post
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March 19, 2025
In the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, advancement by the M23 rebel faction makes the situation worse. The conflict has reasons for ethnic disputes that have existed for a long time. It is affected by plans to take minerals and claims...
DRC tries to slow rebels’ assault amid reports of bodies in the streets
Voice of America
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January 29, 2025
GOMA, Democratic Republic of 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. U.N. officials reported violence, looting...
Little Light On DR Congo Truce Terms Shed After Surprise Summit
International Business Times - Australia
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March 19, 2025
Few details on a possible ceasefire in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo had come to light on Wednesday, the day after Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame held surprise talks in Doha. Fighting in the...
DR Congo ceasefire terms still unclear after surprise summit
Modern Ghana
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The terms of a possible ceasefire in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo were unclear Wednesday, a day after Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame held surprise talks in Doha. Fighting in the...
War gains give M23 rebels upper hand in DRC peace talks
BusinessLIVE
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For years, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) demanded direct negotiations with DRC authorities. Battlefield gains mean they can now afford to snub them to try to wring out more concessions. When President...
War-torn Congo has a deal for Trump: Kick out rebels, get minerals
Mint
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March 19, 2025
In a Feb. 8 letter to Trump, Félix Tshisekedi, president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, offered mining opportunities for the U.S. Sovereign Wealth Fund, an entity Trump had launched a few days earlier. “Your election has ushered in the...
Uncertainty Remains Over DR Congo Ceasefire After Surprise Summit
News Central TV
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March 19, 2025
The details of a potential ceasefire in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s war-torn east remain uncertain, despite a surprise meeting between Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame in Doha. The mineral-rich region...
Rebels' battlefield advantage in east Congo complicates push for talks
The Malaysian Star
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March 19, 2025
(Reuters) - For years, Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo demanded direct negotiations with Congolese authorities. Battlefield gains mean they can now afford to snub them to try to wring out more concessions. When...
DRC has created a reserve force to fight the M23 – why this ...
Modern Ghana
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After nearly three decades of warfare, armed conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) seems only to intensify. The Rwanda-backed M23 rebellion has been at the centre of attention in recent years. However, eastern DRC is home to...
DRC creates a reserve force to fight the M23 – why this may backfire
The Conversation
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January 27, 2025
After nearly three decades of warfare, armed conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) seems only to intensify. The Rwanda-backed M23 rebellion has been at the centre of attention in recent years. However, eastern DRC is home to...
DR Congo: Meeting between government and rebels postponed until “an opportune moment”
Ver Angola
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“The Angolan Ministry of Foreign Affairs informs national and international public opinion that, for reasons and circumstances of force majeure, it was not possible to hold, this Tuesday, March 18, in Luanda, the scheduled meeting between the...
Sanctions on Rwanda Will Worsen DRC Conflict – Civil Society
KT Press Rwanda
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March 18, 2025
1 At a previous event for civil society addressed.by former CEO of Rwanda Governance Board (RGB), De Uster Kayitesi. The Rwanda Civil Society Platform (RCSP) has expressed deep concern over the deteriorating security situation in the Democratic...
Congo conflict: Why a US peace initiative faltered
The Times of India
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M23 rebels are steadily advancing toward Goma, the capital of North Kivu Province in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). On Tuesday, M23 captured the eastern city of Minova, one of the main supply routes for Goma. Other...
BreakThrough News | Whoever Controls the Congo, Controls the World
Free Speech TV
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Hosts Eugene Puryear and Rania Khalek interview Kambale Musavuli of The Center for Research on the Congo-Kinshasa about the Congo's mineral wealth, the past and present state of the country, and how he views the Trump administration's foreign...
DR Congo: Government delegation reaffirms participation in negotiations in Luanda
Ver Angola
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"The Democratic-Congolese delegation is leaving Kinshasa for Luanda. We will respond to the invitation of the Angolan mediation," Tina Salama, spokesperson for the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Félix Tshisekedi, told AFP when...
Exclusive: Satellite images reveal devastation in Rubaya, DRC
Mining Magazine
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April 2, 2025
Mining Magazine has investigated satellite imagery from Google Earth spanning over a decade, revealing a stark transformation in Rubaya, Eastern DRC. Pockets of excavation have spread like an affliction across the land, replacing green pastures...