M23 rebels expand their control in east Congo as Rwanda’s Kagame joins calls for ceasefire
Much of the beleagured city of Goma was calm early Wednesday morning, after a day during which thousands of fleeing people hunkered down by roadsides as missiles flew and injured people streamed to overwhelmed hospitals.
Rwanda Urges Ceasefire in Congo, Negotiations With Rebels, Foreign Minister Says
Rwanda, which diplomats say backs M23 fighters who seized Goma in Democratic Republic of Congo this week, called on Wednesday for a ceasefire across eastern Congo and for Congo to negotiate with the rebels while denying Rwandan troops were involved.
M23 rebels have attacked Goma with heavy firing, killing and injuring many while forcing countless others to flee ...
Rwandan President Paul Kagame blasted criticism of his country's role in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where rebels ...
The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group vowed Thursday to "continue the march of liberation" to the DR Congo capital Kinshasa, as its fighters made further advances in the mineral-rich east of the country.
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The rebels, which Rwanda denies supporting, have long been funded at least in part by the illicit mineral trade.
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Congo has severed diplomatic ties with Rwanda as fighting between Rwanda-backed rebels and government forces rages around the ...
Kagame's comments clearly suggested that he wants South Africa to back off from DR Congo, where its military involvement dates back to the late 1990s. It first joined the UN's peacekeeping mission, ...
Congolese security forces on Tuesday tried to slow the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who say they have captured Goma ...
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