At least 11 dead and scores injured in Congo after blasts at M23 rebel leaders’ rally, rebels say
Dozens of people were reportedly injured after two explosions hit a meeting of M23 rebel group leaders and residents in ...
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Rising Tensions and Explosive Blame: The Crisis in Eastern Congo
Tensions are escalating in Eastern Congo as 13 people were killed in explosions during a rally in Bukavu, with the government ...
Congo PM demands 'withdrawal of Rwandan troops' after M23 reach Bukavu suburbs
The capture of Bukavu would represent an unprecedented expansion of territory under the M23's control since the latest ...
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In Latest Advance, Rebels in Congo Say They Have Entered a Key City
Last month, M23 rebels backed by Rwanda took the city of Goma in a bloody battle. This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers ...
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Tensions Flare as Gunfire Erupts at M23 Leader's Rally in Bukavu
Gunfire disrupted a rally by M23 leader Corneille Nangaa in Bukavu, escalating fears of regional conflict between the ...
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As Congo army retreats from Bukavu, children pick up guns and get killed
M23 rebels seized city of Bukavu after Congo army retreated U.N. says children using guns, uniforms discarded by Congo army Fighting reported in towns south of Bukavu far from front line ...
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Rwanda-backed M23 rebels occupy a 2nd major city in Congo's mineral-rich east
BUKAVU, Congo — Rwanda-backed rebels have occupied a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, the government said Sunday, as M23 rebels confirmed they were in the city to restore order ...
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Rwanda-backed rebels advance into eastern Congo's 2nd major city of Bukavu, residents say
They later continued to advance toward Bukavu, seizing several nearby ... Africa called for a ceasefire in eastern Congo but did not urge the M23 rebels to stop their advance.—- ...
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Eleven killed after explosions at M23 rally in Bukavu
The details on the cause of explosions were still scanty but the government of the DRC was already trading accusations with the rebels. Kinshasa promptly accused a ‘foreign army’ of rocking the rally ...