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Rwanda-backed rebels move deeper into eastern Congo as UN reports executions and rapes

Rwanda-backed rebels move deeper into eastern Congo as UN reports executions and rapes

  • UN spokesman says 700 people have been killed and 2,800 injured in fighting between DR Congo's army and M23 rebels in Goma and the vicinity
  • The Southern African regional bloc, of which Congo is a member, resolved Friday to maintain its peacekeeping force deployed in eastern Congo in 2023
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Update Rwanda-backed M23 advances toward second DR Congo regional capital video

Rwanda-backed M23 advances toward second DR Congo regional capital

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‘Deaths’ during mass prison break in DR Congo’s Goma: security source video

‘Deaths’ during mass prison break in DR Congo’s Goma: security source

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UN Security Council demands pullout of Rwanda-backed armed group from DR Congo

UN Security Council demands pullout of Rwanda-backed armed group from DR Congo

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International peacekeepers killed as fighting rages around eastern Congo’s key city video

International peacekeepers killed as fighting rages around eastern Congo’s key city

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M23 rebels battling Congo’s army close in on Goma as panic spreads among city’s 2 million people

M23 rebels battling Congo’s army close in on Goma as panic spreads among city’s 2 million people

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DR Congo launches mpox vaccination drive, hoping to curb outbreak

DR Congo launches mpox vaccination drive, hoping to curb outbreak

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Congo court sentences 3 Americans and 34 others to death on coup charges

Congo court sentences 3 Americans and 34 others to death on coup charges

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Mpox patients lack medicine, food, in east DR Congo hospital

Mpox patients lack medicine, food, in east DR Congo hospital

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DRC says it is in talks with Zambia to quickly reopen closed border

DRC says it is in talks with Zambia to quickly reopen closed border

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A Congolese policeman directs traffic in Kinshasa, on July 2, 2024. (AFP)

Daesh attack in east DR Congo kills five

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20 years on, genocide cases filed over Burundi refugee massacre

20 years on, genocide cases filed over Burundi refugee massacre

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Seven people killed in stampede at a music concert in Congo’s capital, authorities report

Seven people killed in stampede at a music concert in Congo’s capital, authorities report

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