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Rwanda-backed M23 strengthens its control over DRC’s Goma
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have tightened their grip on Goma, the biggest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), signalling a major blow to the Congolese army and a serious ...
Al Jazeera English5d
Rwanda-DRC tension: Have rebels taken control of Congolese city? What next?
The UN estimates there are up to 4,000 Rwandan soldiers in the DRC. In 2012, M23 first seized Goma, but the Congolese army, supported by a UN force, pushed the rebels back into the eastern hills ...
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M23 rebels seen in centre of Goma, DRC, despite UN demand for them to leave, witnesses say
Reports indicate that M23 rebels have entered Goma. The UN demanded that the group stop its Goma ... The council urged Rwanda and the DRC to return to talks to achieve peace and address issues related ...
Voice of America4d
UN warns of worrying humanitarian situation in DRC’s Goma amid assault by Rwanda-backed rebels
The U.S. State Department said Secretary of State Marco Rubio “condemned the assault on Goma by the Rwanda-backed M23 and affirmed the United States’ respect for the sovereignty of the DRC ...
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Rwanda, DRC in Goma crisis summit as Kagame agrees with US on ceasefire
The security source said "more than 1 200 Congolese soldiers have surrendered and are confined" to the airport base of the UN's mission in the DRC. VIDEO: ???? Deadly clashes in DR Congo's Goma as pro ...
Voice of America5d
Relief group pulls workers out of DRC's Goma as M23 rebels advance
This comes after the reportedly Rwandan-backed rebels said over the weekend they had taken control of Goma, the biggest city in the region. Rose Tchwenko, the DRC’s country director for Mercy ...
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Goma: An cinna wa ofishin jakadancin Faransa wuta a DRC
Ana ci gaba da gwabza kazamin fada tsakanin mayakan M23 da ake zargi na samun goyon bayan Rwanda da kuma sojojin DRC a birnin Goma mai dumbin ma'adinan kasa. An rika ganin gawarwaki yashe a gefen ...
Rwanda-backed rebels seize control of Congo’s Goma after violent clashes
After a lightning offensive, M23 rebels now control Goma, a large city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Sky5d
Rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo say they have taken key city of Goma
Congolese rebels and allied Rwandan forces entered the key eastern city of Goma on Sunday and the airport is no longer in use, according to the DRC's top UN official. "M23 and Rwandan forces ...
Gulf Times3d
DRC’s Goma on the brink as M23 fighters take airport
An armed group backed by Rwandan troops took control of the airport in the besieged DR Congo city of Goma yesterday ... base of the UN’s mission in DRC. The lightning offensive marks a major ...
The Africa Report3d
DRC/Rwanda: Kagame, Tshisekedi to attend crisis summit as Goma’s fate hangs in the balance
READ MORE Gunfire erupts in Goma after M23 and Rwandan troops enter eastern DRC’s largest city The M23’s lightning offensive marks a major escalation in the DRC’s troubled east, haunted by the legacy ...
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DRC conflict | M23 rebels capture DRC's city of Goma
GOMA - M23 rebels claim they have taken control ... were killed as they tried to halt the advance. DRC accuses Rwanda of backing the rebel group and has cut diplomatic ties with the country.