Rwanda-backed rebels take control of airport in Goma, eastern Congo's largest city
Rebels seized the airport of east Congo's largest city, Goma, on Tuesday, potentially cutting off the main route for aid to reach hundreds of thousands of displaced people, after capturing the city in an offensive that left dead bodies lying in the streets.
A conflict that has raged for decades reached a flashpoint this week when rebels backed by Rwanda marched on a key Congolese ...
The president of crisis-hit Democratic Republic of Congo was set to meet his Rwandan counterpart at an emergency summit on ...
The rebels, which Rwanda denies supporting, have long been funded at least in part by the illicit mineral trade.
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It remained unclear how much of Goma is controlled by the rebels, who marched into eastern Congo’s strategic city early ...
Refugees, surrendering Congolese soldiers and stranded truckers thronged the Rwandan border on Tuesday, hoping to reach ...
U.N. humanitarian office spokesperson Jens Laerke told a briefing Tuesday that hospitals in Goma were overwhelmed. The World ...
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New conflict escalating in Africa: What is happening on border between DR Congo and RwandaRwanda-backed Congolese rebels from the M23 movement have announced the capture of the major city of Goma in the eastern ...
Clutching their possessions in a chilly field, Congolese refugees told AFP on Tuesday they had no option but to flee to ...
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