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Democratic Republic of the Congo: DR Congo government confirms rebel entry into strategic city Bukavu
Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo - Recent ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) confirmed on Sunday the entry of the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels into Bukavu, a ...
Rwanda expresses solidarity with military general sanctioned by the US over violence in Congo
The United States has sanctioned a Rwandan government minister for his alleged role in the conflict in neighboring Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels are battling the Congolese army and have captured ...
Advance of Rwanda-backed rebels in Congo threatens regional peace, UN officials warn
Top United Nations officials in Africa have warned an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that the offensive of ...
The US sanctions a Rwanda official and a rebel spokesperson over violence in eastern Congo
The United States has sanctioned a Rwandan government minister for his alleged role in the conflict in neighboring Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels are battling the Congolese army and have captured ...
Links to Rwanda fuel discrimination against DR Congo's Tutsis
Central to their campaign is the assertion that ethnic Tutsis living in DR Congo are being persecuted. Digging into the ...
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UN human rights chief accuses Rwanda-backed rebels in east Congo of killing and recruiting children
The UN human rights chief accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second ... The M23 rebels on Sunday captured Bukavu, the city of 1.3 million people, after seizing Goma, 101 kilometers (63 ...
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Rwanda-backed rebels advance and Congolese forces retreat from eastern Congo’s second largest city
scrambling to escape the looming advance of Rwanda-backed rebels. The morning after M23 fighters entered the outskirts of Bukavu — a city of about 1.3 million people that lies 63 miles south of ...
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Rwanda-backed M23 rebels occupy a 2nd major city in Congo's mineral-rich east
The rebels are supported by about 4,000 troops from neighboring Rwanda, according to the United Nations experts. The fighting has displaced more than 6 million people in the region, creating the ...
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UN human rights chief accuses Rwanda-backed rebels in east Congo of killing and recruiting children
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized ... the city of 1.3 million people, after seizing Goma, 101 kilometers (63 miles) to the north last ...
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Rwanda-backed rebels tighten their grip on a major city in eastern Congo
The rebels are supported by about 4,000 troops from neighboring Rwanda, according to U.N. experts. The decades-long fighting has displaced more than 6 million people in the region, creating the ...
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Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seize second major city in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Earlier this month, the UN said almost 3,000 people had been killed. The M23 rebels are backed by some 4,000 troops from Rwanda, according to UN experts, far more than in 2012 when they first ...
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4 people plummet to the ground when balcony collapses in L.A.
Luckily, we’re not directly underneath the balcony that collapsed.” McCauley explained that his neighbors, four people and a dog, had been out on the balcony, which was three stories up ...