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Congolese army tries to repel Rwanda-backed rebels in fighting that has killed some 700 people
2:18 Congo rebels vow to stay in Goma, plan ‘liberation march’ to Kinshasa A weakened Congolese military fought back against Rwanda-backed rebels who the U.N. said were moving fast into the ...
KUOW4d
Congolese foreign minister discusses the humanitarian situation and what the US can do
NPR's Scott Simon asks Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, the Congolese minister for foreign affairs, about gains made by rebels backed by Rwanda. KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news station. We are an ...
The Hamilton Spectator4d
Congolese army tries to repel Rwanda-backed rebels in fighting that has killed some 700 people
GOMA, Congo (AP) — A weakened Congolese military fought back against Rwanda-backed rebels who the U.N. said were moving fast into the South Kivu province after seizing the region’s largest ...
Star Tribune4d
Congolese army fights to repel Rwanda-backed rebels in fighting that has killed some 700 people
M23 is the most potent of more than 100 armed groups vying for control in Congo's mineral-rich east, which holds vast deposits critical to much of the world's technology. They are backed by around ...
Star Tribune6d
Congolese civilians caught in a growing rebellion face a terrible choice
GISENYI, Rwanda — Many of the millions of people trapped in eastern Congo's escalating rebellion face a terrible choice: Retreat into Congo's interior and seek the protection of a weak army in ...
Reuters6d
French minister visiting Congo and Rwanda to try to end crisis
KINSHASA/PARIS, Jan 30 (Reuters) - France's foreign minister was due in Rwanda on Thursday after talks in the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of efforts to prevent a regional escalation ...
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Congo says 773 killed in the past week of fighting between troops, rebels in Goma
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 ...
Reuters6d
Rwanda-backed rebels bed down in Congo's Goma and push south for further gains
UN cites reports Rwandan troops crossed border towards Bukavu Further territorial gains would raise risk of wider war Rwanda's Kagame furious at criticism over support for M23 Congo condemns ...
The Washington Post4d
As M23 rebel group advances in Congo, a new leader signals a shift in its identity
KAMPALA, Uganda — After Rwanda-backed M23 rebels took control of the biggest city in eastern Congo this week, the man who emerged from the shadows to assert his leadership was not the group’s ...
CNN6d
DR Congo’s president says country won’t be humiliated after rebels claim takeover
Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has vowed “a vigorous and coordinated response” against a rebel alliance that has besieged swathes of the nation’s mineral-rich east ...
CNN6d
Residents of Congo’s besieged city live in fear as government forces battle rebel takeover
Residents of the besieged city of Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, say they are gripped by fear as gunshots continue to ring out around their homes, days after rebel forces ...