'No safe place to go to from Goma' for millions as humanitarian crisis looms in eastern Congo city
Bodies are lying on the streets. Medical staff in overwhelmed hospitals are treating hundreds of wounded civilians against ...
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What is happening in eastern Congo, where rebels claim they captured a key city?
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels have claimed control of eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing trillions of dollars in mineral wealth that remains ...
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Rebels enter outskirts of Goma and close the airport in the eastern Congo hub
have been keeping M23 away from Goma. The U.N. peacekeeping force entered Congo more than two decades ago and has around 14,000 peacekeepers on the ground. Pronczuk reported from Dakar, Senegal.
Six peacekeepers killed fighting rebels in eastern Congo, officials say, as rebels close in on Goma
Fighting with M23 rebels in eastern Congo left six United Nations peacekeepers dead, U.N. officials said Saturday.
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Congo’s Rwanda-backed rebels say they have taken control of the key eastern city of Goma
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels claimed ... Pronczuk reported from Dakar, Senegal, and Lederer reported from New York. Associated Press writer Ignatius Ssuuna in Kigali, Rwanda ...
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Rwanda’s evolving stature ensures muted global pressure as M23 advances in eastern Congo
When Rwanda-backed rebels seized control of eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma this week, it prompted a flurry of ...
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Rwanda, the West’s ‘Donor Darling,’ Seizes an Opportunity in Congo
Guerchom Ndebo for The New York Times Supported by By Ruth Maclean Reporting from Dakar, Senegal After Rwanda-backed rebels seized the Congolese city of Goma in 2012, powerful nations across the ...
DR Congo's failed gamble on Romanian mercenaries
In June last year, Rwanda's government spokesperson Yolande Makolo hit out about the presence of mercenaries in eastern DR ...