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'Mercenaries' From NATO State Caught Up in DR Congo Rebellion: Reports

The Rwanda Defense Force reported escorting hundreds of "Romanian mercenaries" out of the Democratic Republic of the Congo after seizing Goma.

BBC · 1d

DR Congo's failed gamble on Romanian mercenaries

It has been a humiliating week for nearly 300 Romanian mercenaries recruited to fight on the side of the army in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Their surrender following a rebel assault on the eastern city of Goma has also shattered the dreams of those who signed up for the job to earn big money.

Hosted on MSN · 2d

DR Congo’s president says country won’t be humiliated after rebels claim takeover

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has vowed “a vigorous and coordinated response” against a rebel alliance that has besieged swaths of the nation’s mineral-rich east and forced hundreds of local troops and foreign mercenaries to surrender.

a new leader signals a shift in its identity

Hosted on MSN · 2d

DR Congo leader says troops mounting 'vigorous' response to M23 advance

DR Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi insisted Wednesday that his troops were mounting a "vigorous" military response as Rwanda-backed fighters advanced in the east of the country. In his first remarks since the latest crisis began,

The Washington Post · 15h

As M23 rebel group advances in Congo, a new leader signals a shift in its identity

The M23 rebel group that is backed by Rwanda has emerged as a more potent force after being crushed during their first rebellion in 2012

Reuters · 1d

Congo's M23 rebels want to show they can govern Goma

January 31, 2025. Since marching into eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's biggest city Goma, some services have be

The Observer11h

M23 rebels now want to capture DRC capital Kinshasa

Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s largest city said Thursday they want to take their fight to the far-off ...

Free Malaysia Today2d

DR Congo president says army mounting ‘vigorous’ response to M23 advance

The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s President Felix ... the only forces in downtown Goma on Wednesday were M23 fighters or Rwandan soldiers, some firing guns into the air, AFP reporters ...

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Congo's defeated foreign mercenaries head home with 'big relief'

Nearly 300 foreign mercenaries surrender to UN peacekeepers M23 rebels cornered mercenaries ... Their record adds to a long history of Congo hosting hired guns whose efforts often ended in ...

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Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo say they plan to take their fight to the capital

Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo's largest city said Thursday they want to take their fight to the far-off ...

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Foreign Mercenaries Surrender in Congo: A Conflict Decades in the Making

Nearly 300 foreign mercenaries, hired by Congo to combat M23 rebels, surrendered to UN peacekeepers after being cornered near Lake Kivu. Their involvement, aimed at supporting Congo's army, worsened ...

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New abnormal begins for east DR Congo's looted Goma after siege

Strewn with rubble from mortar and artillery fire, the eastern DR Congo city of Goma awoke on Thursday to a new abnormal -- ...

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'No safe place to go to from Goma' for millions as humanitarian crisis looms in eastern Congo city

It remained unclear how much of Goma is controlled by the rebels, who marched into eastern Congo’s strategic city early ...

France 24 on MSN8d

France, US, UK urge nationals to leave DR Congo's Goma as M23 battles intensify

While M23 rebels closed in on Goma, a major city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the US, UK and France on Friday ...

2don MSN

Chief of SANDF, General Rudzani Maphwanya says M23 suffered huge casualties during fierce fight in DRC

General Rudzani Maphwanya of the SANDF reveals that the M23 militia in the DRC has sustained significant casualties during a ...

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