M23 rebels are marching across eastern DRC: the interests driving players in the conflict
M23’s advances highlight Rwanda’s role in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the risk of an escalating regionalised ...
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Fighting in Africa’s mineral-rich DRC killed over 3,000 in less than 2 weeks. Here’s how your phone plays a part
A rampaging rebel group has claimed the capture of another mining town in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a little over a week after it took control of the region’s ...
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Southern Africa: Joint Summit Sets Highly Practical Route Map for Sorting Out Eastern DRC
This determination plus the practical route map the SADC-EAC Summit laid down needs to be applied to whole conflict in all its forms in the eastern DRC, to give the people who live in the two Kivu ...
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M23, Rwandan troops launch fresh DRC offensive
Intense clashes broke out as the armed group seized a mining town in South Kivu province and resumed its advance towards the ...
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DRC war: Rwanda shrugs off increasing global pressure over M23 fighting in the Kivus
Rwanda is facing mounting international pressure over its role in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as the ...
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DRC crisis: What does it mean for South Africa?
In 2013, South African forces backed by UN peacekeepers repelled rebels linked to the M23 movement successfully as part of the Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) in the eastern DRC. But perhaps ...
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DRC civil war: M23 rebels and a decades long conflict
The war in eastern DRC is not about just one issue, it is a deadly mix of ethnic tensions, regional rivalries, resource exploitation, and global interference. Soldiers stand on guard in the Lubero ...
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DRC conflict | Motshekga faces grilling in Parliament
In response, the minister stuck to her guns, proclaiming South Africa's defence force is just one of 16 forces involved in the mission, while trying to justify the resources utilised.
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Fighting in Africa’s mineral-rich DRC killed over 3,000 in less than 2 weeks. Here’s how your phone plays a part
Much of the international community, including the Congolese government, has accused neighboring Rwanda of backing M23 and aiding the plunder of DRC minerals. UN experts believe that an estimated ...
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DRC conflict | M23 rebels capture DRC's city of Goma
DRC accuses Rwanda of backing the rebel group and has cut diplomatic ties with the country. Meanwhile, Kenyan President William Ruto, the current chair of the East African Community, is calling on ...
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Despite DRC ceasefire, Goma's humanitarian situation is bad
After the M23 militia advanced on Goma in eastern DRC, hospitals report they have now reached capacity. While the militia has unilaterally announced a ceasefire, observers remain skeptical.
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Rwandan and Congolese leaders meet over eastern DRC conflict
The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has rapidly seized swathes of territory in the mineral-rich eastern DRC in an offensive that has left thousands dead and displaced vast numbers. The group took ...