DR Congo’s M23 rebels surrender after UN-backed offensive
Bunagana (DR Congo): Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s powder-keg east surrendered Tuesday after a crushing UN-backed offensive ended their 18-month insurgency in a...
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Violence rocks east DR Congo despite rebel pullout
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MUGUNGA CAMP, DR Congo: Authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern city of Goma assumed gradual control of the mining hub on Sunday after a...
DR Congo rebels begin pullout from frontline
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Sake: Hundreds of Congolese rebels withdrew Friday from frontline positions around Goma as promised under a regionally brokered deal, while police entered the key eastern...
DR Congo rebels pledge to quit Goma by week’s end
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GOMA, DR Congo: Congolese rebels said Tuesday they had agreed to pull out of the key eastern city of Goma by week’s end following a...
DR Congo summit urges rebels to ‘stop war’
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Kampala: Regional leaders on Saturday called on the DR Congo rebel group M23 to end hostilities and relinquish a key eastern town it seized in...
DR Congo rebels claim another town, threaten broader push
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Goma: Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday claimed control of a town outside the captured city of Goma and threatened to continue...
DR Congo rebels enter Goma
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GOMA, DR Congo: Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday entered the main city of Goma in the mineral-rich east of the country...
Rwanda accuses DR Congo of bombing amid battle for Goma
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Goma: DR Congo soldiers sought to stave off a rebel advance on the key eastern city of Goma on Monday as neighbouring Rwanda — accused...
Advancing DR Congo rebels warn UN not to attack
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Goma: Rebels advancing in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday warned UN peacekeepers that “we will respond” if they fail to stop backing...
DR Congo rebels seize new town despite UN deployment
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GOMA, DR Congo: UN peacekeepers’ attack helicopters failed to stop rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo from seizing another town, as the Security...