As it happened: Missiles fly over homes and bodies in streets in DR Congo city
One woman who was carrying her child and a few belongings told the BBC's Great Lakes service: “Bombs from clashes kept falling near us, one fell on my neighbour’s house, killing her and her six ...
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Rwanda, the West’s ‘Donor Darling,’ Seizes an Opportunity in Congo
Rwanda has as many as 4,000 troops in eastern ... Times More than 21 million people in Congo — about one-fifth of the population — need aid. But humanitarian workers warn that the actions ...
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Rwanda: Ending DR Congo Crisis Requires Addressing M23 Grievances, Rwanda's Security, and Tshisekedi's Failures
That changed when the government of Rwanda attacked the camps to free the hostage population and repatriate them home, and also deal with the security threat from them. That also caused outrage. The ...
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'Defending the civilian population and our positions': Rwanda-backed M23 announces ceasefire in DRC
Rwanda-backed forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have announced that they will pause their advance across ...
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Congolese bishop says he is dismayed as violence grows in Goma
Bishop of Willy Ngumbi Ngengele of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Willy says he is dismayed at the scale of violence in his diocese as M23 rebels advanced into the ...
Residents of Congo’s besieged city live in fear as government forces battle rebel takeover
Residents of the besieged city of Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, say they are gripped by fear as gunshots continue to ring out around their homes, days after rebel forces ...