Fighting in Africa’s mineral-rich DRC killed over 3,000 in less than 2 weeks. Here’s how your phone plays a part
A rampaging rebel group has claimed the capture of another mining town in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of ...
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South Africa and Rwanda go head-to-head over DR Congo war
Ramaphosa also insisted, in a later statement, that the presence of South African troops in DR Congo was not a "declaration of war against any country or state" - an apparent reference to Rwanda.
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Congo-Kinshasa: South African, Rwandan Leaders in War of Words Over DR Congo
South Africa has troops deployed in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo as part of a U.N. peacekeeping mission there, as well as in a separate deployment by the Southern African Development ...
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UN warns rebel M23 offensive in Congo could spiral into a regional war
The United Nations is warning violence isolated to a small part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC ... conflict could spiral into a regional war akin to those of 1996-1997 and 1998-2003 ...
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Why Are Congo and Rwanda on the Brink of War?
and allowed Hutu militias to regroup in eastern Congo, prompting Rwanda and Uganda to invade the region. Angola, Namibia and Zimbabwe fought alongside Congolese troops in a five-year regional war ...
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Congo tries to slow the assault of Rwanda-backed rebels amid reports of dead bodies in the streets
A dire humanitarian situation, risk of regional war The humanitarian situation in Goma “is extremely, extremely worrying,” Bruno Lemarquis, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Congo ...
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M23 Rebels Claim Goma, Congo Calls It a 'Declaration of War'
The United Nations reported widespread panic among the city's two million residents, and Congo's government condemned the rebel advance as a "declaration of war." The rebels issued their statement ...
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Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claim Goma, Congo calls it a 'declaration of war'
Congo’s foreign minister, Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, told the Security Council that Rwanda was committing “a frontal aggression, a declaration of war which no longer hides itself behind ...
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Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claim major Congolese city, which Congo calls a ‘declaration of war’
Congo’s foreign minister, Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, told the Security Council that Rwanda was committing “a frontal aggression, a declaration of war which no longer hides itself behind ...