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AFRICA/DR CONGO - Escalation of violence in North Kivu: M23 rebels advance towards Goma
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The North Kivu region, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC ... the city of Goma, capital of North Kivu. In recent days, fighting has focused on strategic ...
Al Jazeera English3d
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 ...
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DRC: MSF appeals for humanitarian access in Goma as casualties seek medical care
MSF teams are treating an influx of wounded people arriving at Kyeshero hospital in Goma, DRC, following the armed clashes ...
Fighting ongoing across DRC's Goma, Rwanda troops in city, says UN
Fighting across the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and "is still very much ongoing ... it's not over ...
DRC president vows to fight M23 rebels in battle for Goma
President of the Democratic Republic of Congo said on Thursday that his troopers are fighting an insurgence by the Rwandan-backed militant group M23 which recently captured swaths of land in the east.
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Nine SANDF members killed in DRC fighting off M23 rebels advancing on Goma
Taking over Goma would mean the rebels would be controlling the entire province of North Kivu, one of the DRC's richest and most critical regions, and one which shares a border with Rwanda. Defending ...
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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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...