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The war in eastern DRC
Independent (Uganda)
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February 3, 2025
M23 rebels, said to be backed by Rwanda, now control Goma. Behind the intrigue of South Africa and Tanzania’s role ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | A terse exchange between South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame...
DR Congo breaks relations with Rwanda as Rwandan-backed M23 militia seizes Goma
World Socialist Web Site
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January 30, 2025
M23 rebels patrol the streets of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025 [AP Photo/Brian Inganga]On Monday, Goma, the largest city in the mineral-rich northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC, formerly Zaire),...
Why conflict mineral narratives don’t explain the M23 rebellion in DR Congo
The New Humanitarian
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February 11, 2025
The capture of North Kivu’s provincial capital, Goma, by the M23 armed group last month has multiplied international coverage of the forgotten crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Yet most reporting on the conflict is using mistaken...
SA counts more losses in DRC war
Cape Times
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January 29, 2025
WHILE South Africa continued to count the loss of its soldiers on a peacekeeping mission in DRC, rebels seized the airport east of that country’s largest city Goma on Tuesday, potentially cutting off the main route for aid to reach hundreds of...
Congo on brink of 1st peaceful transfer with Tshisekeid win
Samoa Observer
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KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo is on the brink of its first peaceful, democratic transfer of power since independence in 1960 after the Constitutional Court on Sunday confirmed the presidential election victory of Felix Tshisekedi, although...
Fall Of Drc’s Goma: Urgent Action Needed To Avert A Regional War
The Nigerian Voice
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The fall of eastern Congo’s biggest city has sent thousands from their homes and – once again – left the Great Lakes on the edge of a wider war. African mediators with the concerted backing of external partners should move with speed to prevent...
Eastern DRC: unpacking the difficult task of regional diplomacy
Polity
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As M23 continues its destructive march, the EAC-SADC summit must consider lessons from failed peace efforts. On 27 January, Rwanda-backed Mouvement du 23 Mars (M23) forces took control of Goma, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s...
Thousands escape Congo’s largest city as M23 takes control
Kuwait Times
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January 28, 2025
UN rings alarm as bodies seen on Goma streets, crowds attack embassies in Kinshasa GOMA: Dead bodies lay in the streets, gunfire rang out and hospitals were overwhelmed in east Congo’s largest city Goma where M23 rebels backed by Rwanda faced...
At least 55 civilians killed by militia fighters in northeastern Congo
Brandon Sun
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February 11, 2025
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Militia fighters killed at least 55 civilians in an attack on a cluster of villages and a camp for displaced people in northeastern Congo, local authorities said Tuesday. Violence has surged across eastern Congo, where conflict...
Rwanda Keeps Getting Away With Sowing Chaos in Congo
Foreign Policy
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February 10, 2025
Since 1996, war in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has claimed millions of lives. The recurring violence is often described as a mere byproduct of regional instability or casually dismissed as “ethnic conflict,” even by elder African...
Humanitarian situation in DRC's Goma 'extremely worrying': UN
eNCA
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GOMA - The UN on Tuesday said the humanitarian situation in the besieged DR Congo city of Goma was "extremely worrying" amid mass displacement, food shortages, looted aid, overflowing hospitals and widespread sexual violence. READ: DRC conflict |...
Rwanda-backed rebels take control of airport in Goma, eastern Congo's largest city
CBC/Radio-Canada
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January 28, 2025
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 city in an offensive that left dead bodies lying in...
Armed protesters set fire to US and French embassies in Congo
LBC
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28 January 2025, 10:36 | Updated: 28 January 2025, 11:04 Protesters have been setting fire and looting the US and French embassies. Here protesters surround the French embassy. Picture: social media US embassy in DR Congo set on fire as angry...
Gunshots in DR Congo’s Goma as protesters attack embassies
FOX 28 - Washington State
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January 28, 2025
Gunshots rang out on Tuesday through parts of the besieged DR Congo city of Goma, where Congolese soldiers have clashed with militia fighters backed by Rwandan troops, while furious protesters attacked embassies in the capital Kinshasa. The main...
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Chaos in Congo's Goma: Embassies of Rwanda, France & US attacked; UN says dead bodies lie in streets
Firstpost
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January 28, 2025
Dead bodies lay in the streets, gunfire rang out and hospitals were overwhelmed in east Congo’s largest city Goma where M23 rebels backed by Rwanda faced pockets of resistance on Tuesday from army and pro-government militias. A day after the...
Gunfire Erupts in Congo's Goma as Embassies Attacked in the Capital
MTV Lebanon
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Dead bodies lay in the streets, gunfire rang out and hospitals were overwhelmed in east Congo's largest city Goma where M23 rebels backed by Rwanda faced pockets of resistance on Tuesday from army and pro-government militias. A day after the...
As the DRC battles Rwanda-backed M23, what’s needed to stop the fighting?
Al Jazeera
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Nairobi, Kenya – Weeks after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claimed control of the Congolese city of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, fighters are advancing in neighbouring South Kivu despite calls from regional leaders for an immediate...
Rise of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in Congo harder to stop this time
The Straits Times
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January 28, 2025
JOHANNESBURG - After three years on the run from the Rwandan-backed M23 insurgency in eastern Congo, on Sunday, with the rebels fighting their way into Goma's city outskirts, Colleta Nzambonimpa found herself in church with nowhere left to turn....
Analysis-Rwanda-backed M23's deja-vu rise in Congo harder to stop this time
The Malaysian Star
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January 28, 2025
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - After three years on the run from the Rwandan-backed M23 insurgency in eastern Congo, on Sunday, with the rebels fighting their way into Goma's city outskirts, Colleta Nzambonimpa found herself in church with nowhere left...
World News | Thousands Flee Fighting in Congo as Rebels Claim They've Captured Key City of Goma
Latestly
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January 27, 2025
Goma (Congo), Jan 27 (AP) Thousands fled the city of Goma on Monday as fighting raged between Congolese forces and rebels backed by neighbouring Rwanda, who claimed to have captured eastern Congo's largest regional hub. Pockets of chaos and...