A tinderbox conflict in Congo is ready to explode
A conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is set to erupt into a wider ...
Congo ex-president holds talks on political outlook amid rebellion, sources say
Congo's former President Joseph Kabila has initiated talks with opposition politicians about the country's political future ...
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DR Congo crisis: M23 blasts ‘deliberate manipulation aimed at tarnishing our movement’s image’
The AFC/M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo have stressed that their troops operate in strict compliance with international humanitarian law and dismissed allegations that their forces are attacking ...
Germany suspends new financial aid to Rwanda over alleged support for M23 rebels in Congo
Germany’s development ministry says it will suspend new financial commitments to Rwanda over that country's alleged support ...
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Congo: DRC rescinds tax directive on M23 zones after backlash
This publication has learnt that the government, in an attempt to salvage lost revenues from border posts in the M23 zone, ...
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Congo: DRC now imposes ‘entry tax’ on goods from M23 strongholds
According to a statement from the North Kivu DGDA, all cargo coming from M23-controlled areas will be considered as foreign ...
At least 11 dead and scores injured in Congo after blasts at M23 rebel leaders’ rally, rebels say
Dozens of people were reportedly injured after two explosions hit a meeting of M23 rebel group leaders and residents in ...
Blasts at M23 rally in eastern Congo kill 11, wound 65, rebel leader says
Explosions at a rally held by M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Bukavu killed 11 people and ...
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Why Congo’s Vast Army Is Struggling to Fight a Far Smaller Militia
Congolese soldiers near the city of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, in January, shortly before the M23 militia captured the city. The latest conflict in eastern Congo has exposed endemic ...
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Killings, Kidnappings and Forced Labor Are Taking Place in the Areas Occupied By the M23
Killings, kidnappings and forced labor are taking place in Kamanyola, the village in the Ruzizi Plain (in the province of South Kivu in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo) that is on the ...