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M23 fighters advanced on several fronts in DR Congo's volatile east Friday as the UN Security Council for the first time called on Rwanda to stop backing the armed group and halt the bloodshed. The M23 movement, supported by some 4,000 Rwandan soldiers, according to UN experts, now controls large swaths of eastern Democratic Republic…
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni on Friday denied his troops intended to fight Rwanda-backed forces in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, after sending troops to secure an eastern Congolese town. The longtime ruler spoke out as the routing of DRC forces by the M23 armed group prompted the United Nations to warn of the risk…
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Burundi is dealing with its biggest influx of refugees in 25 years as families flee the escalating conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations refugee agency said. Rwandan-backed M23 fighters have made big gains in the eastern DRC, seizing the cities of Goma and Bukavu, prompting warnings to the UN Security Council…
16 Feb
Columns of M23 fighters allied with Rwandan troops on Sunday entered the centre of another key city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as the African Union highlighted growing fears that the strife-torn country could break up. Scores of people have fled since the fighters reached outlying districts of Bukavu, capital of South Kivu…
8 Feb
Leaders of Central Africa demanded the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group stop its offensive in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
6 Feb
Rwandan-backed M23 called its first public meeting on Thursday since seizing the Congolese city of Goma after deadly clashes, as its fighters advanced towards another regional capital.
4 Feb
The remains of 14 South African soldiers killed in the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo more than a week ago are due home Wednesday, the defence force said, amid calls for all the troops to be withdrawn.
31 Jan
Nigerian-born Grammy-winning singer Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has cancelled her Rwanda music show. The 29-year-old announced this development via her social media accounts on Thursday. She told fans that the cancellation was due to the recent Rwanda-Congo battle for Goma, a territory in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). “So I recently promoted…
31 Jan
The Ugandan army said Friday that its troops stationed in eastern DR Congo would adopt a "forward defensive posture" amid escalating fighting in the region.
31 Jan
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.
30 Jan
Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi said Wednesday his military was undertaking a "vigorous" response as Rwanda-backed fighters captured new territory in the east, and warned of possible regional "escalation".
30 Jan
The M23, a Rwanda-backed armed group, has seized most of Goma, a key city of a million people in the mineral-rich eastern DR Congo. Analysts say their motives combine security and economic interests with the deadly momentum of war.
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