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Top UN official calls for immediate ceasefire in eastern DR Congo
United Nations special envoy to Congo, Bintou Keita, called for an immediate cease fire and an end to hostilities "without ...
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DR CONGO: Live updates as Security Council meets to avert widening war
Intensifying violence in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to displace thousands as the ...
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M23 rebels aim to overthrow Kinshasa administration, researcher says, as UN warns of regional war
and one of the group's objectives now is to overthrow the Kinshasa administration, it has been making alliances with other armed groups and some of them may be considering separation from the DRC.
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 ...
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Congo-Kinshasa: Civilians At Breaking Point in Eastern DR Congo Warns Top Aid Official, in Call to Resume Talks
As the Security Council prepared to gather on Wednesday to debate the international community's response to the growing ...
What's the fighting in DR Congo all about?
M23 rebels have made rapid advances in the latest bout of conflict that has long-dogged the mineral-rich east.
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 ...
President Felix Says He'll Create 'Govt of National Unity' As Rwandan-Backed Rebels Captures Most Of Eastern Congo
Congo's President, Felix Tshisekedi said that he is going to launch a "government of national unity, as violence spreads across the country's east and pressure mounts over his handling of the crisis.
Residents say Rwanda-backed rebels are advancing on a third city in eastern Congo
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern ...
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Congo-Kinshasa: Rwanda Defends Its Security Measures in Response to FCDO Summons Over DRC Conflict
The Rwandan High Commission in London has defended its security policies in response to a summons by the UK Foreign, ...
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UN backs Kenyatta-led Congo mediation amid warnings of more sanctions
The Nairobi Process, backed by the EAC and led by former President Uhuru Kenyatta, seeks ...