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UN Rights Body Holds Urgent Session on Violence in Eastern Congo as Rwanda-Backed Rebels Advance
The U.N.’s top human rights body is holding an urgent session on spiralling violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed ...
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High-Stakes Diplomacy: U.S. Threatens Sanctions Amid Congo-Rwanda Tensions
The U.S. warns of potential sanctions on Rwandan and Congolese officials to address conflicts in eastern Congo. Calls for ...
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DR Congo crisis: Rwanda offers passage for bodies of South African soldiers
The remains of 14 South African soldiers who died in fighting in eastern DR Congo were on Friday, February 7, repatriated to their country, after being given passage through Rwanda. The dead soldiers ...
Congo demands international sanctions 'to stop Rwanda'
The international community must take concrete action and impose sanctions on Rwanda to curb the M23 rebel conflict in ...
Congo's forces try to slow Rwanda-backed rebels in the east as protests break out in the capital
Congo's security forces are fighting against Rwanda-backed rebels who advanced into a key eastern city in a major escalation ...
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Goma dispatch: Mass graves and reprisal fears as M23 seize DR Congo city
The M23, whose top brass are mostly Congolese Tutsi, began its insurgency more than three years ago after a decade of dormancy, seizing large parts of North Kivu province before finally grabbing Goma, ...
Over 150 women raped during Congo prison break, U.N. says
At least 165 women were raped by male inmates during a mass breakout from a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...
Rwanda's evolving stature ensures muted global pressure as M23 advances in eastern Congo
In 2012, when M23 rebels appeared poised to seize control of a major city in eastern Congo, western countries suspended aid ...