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In Latest Advance, Rebels in Congo Say They Have Entered a Key City
The city sits 20 miles from the border with Burundi ... The leaders of M23 have now vowed to march on Kinshasa, Congo’s capital and one of Africa’s largest cities. The Congolese government ...
Reuters25d
Anxiety rises in DR Congo capital as M23 rebels advance in east
President claims army still control city Anxiety grips people in ... the airport and sending some staff across the Congo River to Brazzaville, capital of Republic of Congo. Three ...
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Congo's president says he'll create a unity government as violence spreads
In a lightning three-week offensive, the M23 took control of eastern Congo’s main city Goma and seized the second largest ... and at times have vowed to march as far as Congo’s capital, ...
Why Congo’s Vast Army Is Struggling to Fight a Far Smaller Militia
The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic weaknesses in the country’s military, long known for corruption, extortion and abuse.
A tinderbox conflict in Congo is ready to explode
A conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is set to erupt into a wider ...
Newsday16d
It's been a month since rebels seized an eastern Congo city. Goma residents say they are struggling
GOMA, Congo — Rwanda-backed rebels captured a key eastern Congo city a month ago Friday ... neighboring countries and towards the Congolese capital, Kinshasa, about 1,000 miles (1,600 ...
South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi will withdraw troops from conflict-torn eastern Congo
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — African leaders on Thursday announced the withdrawal of thousands of troops from South Africa, ...
Southern African forces to leave DR Congo as rebels gain ground
The M23 has continued to gain ground in eastern DR Congo and last month seized the region's second-biggest city, Bukavu.
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Residents say Rwanda-backed rebels are advancing on a third city in eastern Congo
The rebels this week seized another provincial capital to Goma's south ... M23 rebels enter the centre of east Congo's second-largest city, Bukavu, and take control of the South Kivu province ...