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Rwanda-backed rebels take more towns as they expand control after seizing east Congo's largest city
Rwanda-backed rebels seize control of Congo’s Goma after violent clashes
After a lightning offensive, M23 rebels now control Goma, a large city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Rwanda, Congo presidents to meet as rebels take Goma, Kenya's leader says
Congolese security forces on Tuesday tried to slow the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who say they have captured Goma after
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -As an East African bloc urged an immediate ceasefire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who seized the city of Goma extended their advance on Wednesday, and Congo said it planned a campaign to recover lost territory.
The EAC summit chaired by Kenya's President William Ruto called for peaceful settlement of the DRC conflicts, and urged the government to directly engage M23
Police in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) fired tear gas at protesters in the capital, Kinshasa, on Tuesday, after embassies were attacked over the conflict in the country's east.The demonstrators targeted embassies of countries they accuse of complicity in Rwanda's support of M23 rebels,
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East Africa: DR Congo and Rwanda Leaders in Crisis Talks As M23 Tightens Grip On GomaThe leaders of DR Congo and Rwanda are meeting at an emergency East African summit in Kenya on Wednesday as M23 rebels, backed by Rwandan troops, tighten their grip on the strategic eastern city of Goma.
The rebels, which Rwanda denies supporting, have long been funded at least in part by the illicit mineral trade.
In the capital, Kinshasa, protesters complaining of a lack of international action attacked foreign embassies, including those of the U.S., France and Rwanda.
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Tshisekedi’s snub of Ruto meeting over Goma shows deteriorating relationsThe Summit is a follow-up of the Extraordinary Summit of the SADC Organ Troika plus the DRC and Troop Contributing Countries to the SADC Mission in the DRC, which was held on Tuesday, chaired by Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who is chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics Defence and Security Cooperation.
Saboti MP Caleb Amisi argued the ongoing DR Congo conflict, if not well handled by Kenya, might affect Raila Odinga's chances of winning the AUC top seat.
The East African Community (EAC) heads of state have called for an immediate ceasefire in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. This follows the announcement by the rebel group, M23, that they had captured Goma city,
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