DR Congo’s rebels vow to take Kinshasa after claiming capture of Goma
The bloody conflict in the eastern DRC took a dramatic turn this week when Kigali-backed fighters from the M23 claimed to take control of Goma in North Kivu province before advanc
Inside the DR Congo city seized by M23 rebels
Lauren Crosby Medlicott speaks to those inside Goma about dead bodies on the streets and overwhelmed hospitals
Rwanda-backed M23 advances towards second DR Congo regional capital
The Rwandan-backed armed group M23 moved south as it closed in on a key military airport in DR Congo on Friday, a day after pledging to take the capital Kinshasa and as international criticism mounted.
Rwanda-backed rebels bed down in Congo's Goma and push south for further gains
The United Nations expressed deep concern at reports of M23 rebels and Rwandan troops advancing south towards the Congolese city of Bukavu on Thursday, as the militants sought also to assert their control over east Congo's largest city Goma.
Having Seized Goma, Congo's M23 Rebels Want to Show They Can Govern
Members of the M23 rebel group gather to supervise Congolese potential recruits for the M23 rebel group before being taken to training centres run by M23 rebels, amid clashes between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC),
Congo's M23 rebels consolidate control over a devastated Goma
Goma. The United States told Rwanda it was "deeply troubled" by the fall of Goma in eastern Congo to Rwandan-backed M23 rebels, who appeared on Wednesday to have consolidated control over the city of nearly 2 million in just two days.
DR Congo: What is happening in Goma and why are M23 rebels fighting?
Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebels are moving south towards Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, in what appears to be an attempt to expand their area of control in the country's east after capturing the city of Goma.
Rwanda-backed rebels move deeper into eastern Congo as UN reports executions and rapes
The U.N. says Rwanda-backed rebels are expanding their presence in eastern Congo after capturing the region's major city.
Congo's army and Burundian allies slow M23 rebel's southern march
Uganda, meanwhile, which also has troops in eastern Congo to take on Ugandan rebels based there, on Friday said it would ...
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'Foreigners Leave Bukavu - Fears of Advance of the M23 Rebel Movement On the Capital of South Kivu Province'
"In Bukavu, foreigners are fleeing," missionaries from the capital of the Congolese province of South Kivu tell Fides. "The various embassies in Kinshasa have ordered their compatriots to leave the ...
Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo say they plan to take their fight to the capital
Rwanda-backed rebels who have captured eastern Congo’s largest city say they plan to take their rebellion to the capital and ...
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Rwanda-backed M23 rebels pledge to 'march all the way to Kinshasa'
The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group vowed Thursday to "continue the march of liberation" to the DR Congo capital Kinshasa, as ...
Violence erupts in mineral-rich DR Congo as rebels move into key city. Here’s what we know
A rebel alliance claimed the capture of the biggest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich eastern region ...
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Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo Crisis Not Just Regional Concern, 'But Global Responsibility,' Says UN Official
The humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is "not just a regional concern but a global responsibility ...
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PHOTOS: Protestors in DR Congo city of Goma want Burundi, SADC forces out
Hundreds of protestors in the Himbi neighbourhood of Goma, the capital of North Kivu Province, on Friday, January 31, called for the removal of Congolese president Felix Tshisekedi as well as the exit ...