War crimes tribunal closely monitoring Congo bloodshed
International Criminal Court prosecutors said on Wednesday they were closely monitoring events in Democratic Republic of ...
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Goma dispatch: Mass graves and reprisal fears as M23 seize DR Congo city
The M23, whose top brass are mostly Congolese Tutsi, began its insurgency more than three years ago after a decade of dormancy, seizing large parts of North Kivu province before finally grabbing Goma, ...
As Goma ceasefire largely holds, Congo rushes to bury bodies from rebel offensive
Rebels in eastern Congo's largest city, Goma, began a ceasefire on Tuesday and people rushed to bury some 2,000 victims of ...
The Associated Press on MSN11d
Rwanda-backed rebels enter outskirts of strategic city in what Congo calls ‘declaration of war’
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels entered the outskirts of eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, on Jan. 26, causing what ...
Rebels declare 'humanitarian' cease-fire in war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo
Rebels occupying the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma have declared a cease-fire but the government dismissed the pause in the fighting as a ruse aimed to head off growing ...
Unilateral ceasefire declared by rebels who seized eastern Congo city of Goma
The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a major city in eastern Congo have declared a unilateral ceasefire, citing humanitarian ...
Courthouse News Service11d
Fighting rages in Congo’s Goma after militia, Rwandan troops enter city
Congolese Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner said the arrival of Rwandan soldiers to reinforce the M23 in Goma on ...
Sky News on MSN8d
'We don't know what comes next': Signs of surrender and fierce battles in Goma, now the site of the UN's largest peacekeeping mission in the world
On the doorstep of Goma - the ... to Rwanda" sign gets closer, the last Romanian mercenary limps across with a wounded leg ...
Courthouse News Service2d
Rwandan-backed group declares ceasefire in Congo’s war-torn east
With fears of a regional conflagration spiraling, the Kenyan presidency announced on Monday that Congolese President Felix ...
As it happened: Missiles fly over homes and bodies in streets in DR Congo city
The UN says hundreds of people are wounded and that bodies are lying in the streets of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo following an advance by M23 rebels on the key city The ...
The Economist11d
Rwanda’s reckless plan to redraw the map of Africa
It is also a worrying sign that M23’s patron ... risk another catastrophic African war. The origins of events in Goma go back decades. Between 1996 and 2003 Rwanda and other regional powers ...