Violence erupts in mineral-rich DR Congo as rebels move into key …
6 hours ago · DR Congo has experienced decades of militia violence, including armed rebellion by M23, which claims to defend the interest of the minority Rwandophone communities, including the Tutsi.
Protesters attack embassies in Congo’s ... - Associated Press News
12 hours ago · GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congolese security forces on Tuesday tried to slow the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who say they have captured Goma after entering eastern Congo’s largest city, as U.N. officials reported an unspecified number of bodies on the streets.. Hospitals are overwhelmed in Goma, while hundreds of thousands are fleeing gunfire and shelling, the officials said.
What is M23, the Rebels That Seized Goma in Eastern Congo?
6 hours ago · The minerals are eventually routed to Rwanda, according to reports documenting the trade from M23-controlled territories to Congo’s neighbor. In 2012, M23 pulled out of Goma after Rwanda ...
M23 Rebels Claim Takeover of Goma, Congo’s Largest City
1 day ago · Congo late Saturday broke off relations with Rwanda, which has denied backing the M23 despite evidence collected by U.N. experts and others. The surge of violence has killed at least 13 ...
M23 rebels battling Congo’s army close in on Goma as panic …
5 days ago · GOMA, Congo (AP) — Panic spread in eastern Congo’s main city on Thursday, with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to Goma and seizing a nearby town as they battle the Congolese army. Bombs were heard going off in the city’s distant outskirts and hundreds of wounded civilians were brought in to the main hospital from the area of the fighting.
Congo fighting: Rise of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels harder to …
11 hours ago · Well trained and professionally armed, M23 is the latest in a long line of Tutsi-led rebel movements to emerge in Congo's volatile eastern borderlands in the wake of two successive wars stemming ...
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claim capture of Goma, Congo’s …
2 days ago · GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels claimed they captured eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, early Monday, as the United Nations described a mass panic among its 2 million people and Congo’s government said the rebel advance was a “declaration of war.” The M23 rebels announced the city’s capture in a statement minutes before a 48-hour deadline expired that had been imposed by ...
U.N. peacekeepers killed as fighting rages in eastern Congo - NBC News
2 days ago · Congo, the United States and U.N. experts accuse Rwanda of backing M23, which is made up mainly of ethnic Tutsis who broke away from the Congolese army more than a decade ago.
DR Congo conflict: Fighting rages on in Goma as M23 rebels and …
1 day ago · The M23 group has taken control of vast parts of mineral-rich eastern DR Congo since 2021. In the past few weeks, the group has been advancing swiftly on Goma amid intense fighting.
DR Congo fighting: M23 rebels say they control Goma - BBC News
1 day ago · DR Congo soldiers have surrendered to Rwandan forces following fierce clashes with the M23 rebel movement in DR Congo's eastern North Kivu province, state-owned TV in Rwanda is reporting.
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