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Merck Foundation Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Announced the Best African Women Researchers and African Young Researchers
Africa.com
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January 8, 2025
Merck Foundation announced the winners of Merck Foundation Africa Research Summit – MARS Awards winners 2024, 5 Researchers from 5 different African Countries recognized under two categories – Best African Women Researchers and Best Young African...
Rwandan-backed rebels have seized another city in eastern Congo
KSAT - Texas
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February 5, 2025
GOMA – Rwandan-backed rebels gained ground in eastern Congo on Wednesday despite the unilateral ceasefire they declared earlier this week, taking control of a city 60 miles (96 kilometers) from the provincial capital of Bukavu, civil society...
World News | Rwandan-backed Rebels Have Seized Another City in Eastern Congo
Latestly
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February 5, 2025
Goma (Congo), Feb 5 (AP) Rwandan-backed rebels gained ground in eastern Congo on Wednesday despite the unilateral ceasefire they declared earlier this week, taking control of a city 60 miles (96 kilometers) from the provincial capital of Bukavu,...
Rwandan-backed rebels have seized another city in eastern Congo despite ceasefire
The Globe and Mail
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February 5, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Medics treat a man wounded during fighting between Congolese government troops and M23 rebel forces in Goma's Kyeshero hospital on Feb. 1.Moses Sawasawa/The Associated Press Rwandan-backed rebels gained ground in eastern...
DR Congo: M23 declares ceasefire for humanitarian reasons as of Tuesday
Ver Angola
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The announcement comes a week after the M23, with the support of the Rwandan military, took the strategic city of Goma after days of intense fighting with the Democratic Congolese army. In a statement, the Congo River Alliance (AFC-M23, in...
Eastern DRC chaos: Minding the danger of single narrative
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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February 3, 2025
Whenever the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is mentioned, two things come to mind- the first is goldmine and glory, and the second is complete, protracted, and intractable chaos. Congo-Kinshasa, from its unenviable era of being the...
Rwanda-backed militia announce unilateral ceasefire in eastern Congo
Morning Star
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February 4, 2025
A UNILATERAL ceasefire starting today was declared by the Rwanda-backed militia who seized eastern Congo’s key city of Goma. The move, announced on Monday, responded to calls for a safe corridor to be provided for aid and hundreds of thousands of...
Fall of Goma: Why Rwandan aggression in DR Congo must be stopped
The New Humanitarian
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February 3, 2025
On 27 January, the Rwandan military and an armed group known as the M23 seized Goma — the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and a key humanitarian relief hub — in a lightning offensive that has imperilled more than a million...
The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a major Congo city declare a unilateral ceasefire
The Hindu
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February 4, 2025
Displaced people fetch water at the Kashaka IDP (Internally Displaced Person) camp in the outskirts of Goma on February 3, 2025. A Doctors Without Borders (MSF) health clinic in conflict-hit eastern DR Congo’s city of Goma resumes services after...
Should King Baudouin, DRC’s Last Sovereign, Be Beatified?
Inter Press Service
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January 24, 2025
Africa, Armed Conflicts, Civil Society, Editors' Choice, Featured, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, Religion, TerraViva United Nations Human Rights While the Vatican has launched the process for the beatification of King Baudoin...
Hundreds protest against illegal mining in east DR Congo
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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January 8, 2025
Several hundred people demonstrated Wednesday in Democratic Republic of Congo to protest illegal mining in the country’s east, where authorities are investigating claims of widespread illicit Chinese involvement. The gathering followed the...
Goma, Congo: Understanding the M23 and RDF Attack
Pass Blue
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February 3, 2025
Vivian van de Perre, a deputy chief of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, briefed the Security Council remotely from besieged Goma dressed in protective gear, Jan. 28, 2025. The essayist writes that...
The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a major Congo city declare a unilateral ceasefire
The Globe and Mail
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February 3, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Medics treat a man wounded during fighting between Congolese government troops and M23 rebel forces in Goma's Kyeshero hospital on Feb. 1.Moses Sawasawa/The Associated Press The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized eastern...
773 killed in week-long fighting as Congo’s military battles Rwanda-backed rebels
The Federal
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February 2, 2025
Goma (Congo), Feb 2 (AP) At least 773 people were killed in eastern Congo's largest city of Goma and its vicinity this week amid fighting with Rwanda-backed rebels who captured the city in a major escalation of a decadelong conflict, Congolese...
Kenya’s Congo debacle: How crony elite politics lost the fight against M23
African Arguments
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February 2, 2025
Kenya’s foray into the Great Lakes six years ago, was not without ulterior economic motives. Did competing military visions in the East Africa Community’s Regional Force cost the region in the fight against M23? Troops from the Kenya Contingent...
Chinese caught with 12 illegal gold bars and US$800,000 cash in DR Congo
Kaieteur News
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January 8, 2025
Jan 08, 2025 News (BBC NEWS) Three Chinese nationals have been arrested with 12 gold bars and $800,000 (£650,000) in cash in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, officials say. The gold and money was hidden under the seats of the vehicle they...
Hospitals in eastern Congo are crowded with wounded and exhausting their supplies
The Denver Gazette - Colorado
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GOMA, Congo (AP) — Hundreds of wounded people have poured into overcrowded hospitals in Goma, a major city in eastern Congo, as fighting rages on between government forces and the Rwanda-backed rebels who say they captured the city of around 2...
Photos: More than 700 killed as DR Congo military fights M23 rebels
Al Jazeera
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At least 773 people have been killed in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) largest city of Goma and its vicinity in a week, amid fighting with Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who captured the city in a serious escalation of a decade-long...
Could conflict in eastern DR Congo expand across region?
Al Jazeera
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M23 rebels have taken control of regional capital and advance deeper into the east. Hundreds of people killed and hundreds of thousands forced from their homes. A weeks-long offensive by Rwanda-backed rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of...
Libya Energy & Economic Summit (LEES) 2025 Day One: Industry Leaders Discuss Libya’s Energy Tech, Sustainability and Workforce
Africa.com
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January 19, 2025
The first day of the Libya Energy&Economic Summit (LEES) 2025 featured a dynamic technical program, hosted by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) of Libya, which explored how technological advancements, sustainability and workforce...