M23 rebels battling Congo’s army close in on Goma as panic spreads among city’s 2 million people
Panic is spreading in Goma in eastern Congo as M23 rebels encircle the city, battling Congo’s army. Many civilians have been wounded in the crossfire, stretching the main hospital.
Fear abounds as M23 fighters close in on DR Congo's Goma
Luggage on their backs, they trudged all Wednesday morning along the road leading to downtown Goma, fleeing the advancing ...
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VOA60 Africa - DR Congo: M23 rebel group seize eastern town of Minova
A local official reports the M23 rebel group has seized the eastern town of Minova, a main supply route for the provincial capital Goma after forcing out government troops. The Tutsi-led group has ...
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Congo executes 102 ‘urban bandits’ with 70 more set to be killed, officials say
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Some 102 men were executed ... a resident of the eastern city of Goma. Espoir Muhinuka, a human rights activist, warned of the possibility of extrajudicial executions ...
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DR Congo sentences 13 soldiers to death ‘to boost discipline’
The soldiers were sentenced on Tuesday in the town of Lubero in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern North Kivu province, where Congolese forces have been fighting the Rwanda-backed M23 ...
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Eastern Congo is as wretched as ever
Congo’s regular army, which is riddled with corruption, has been no match for M23, though it is propped up by a ragtag bunch of local militias known as Wazalendo, a Swahili word meaning ...
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‘Modern plunderers’: Lobito Corridor plans bring fear, hesitation in DRC
Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo – From the Port of Lobito in ... Claude Banza lives in the city of Kolwezi in Lualaba, one of the key points along the Corridor’s route, which hosts ...
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Congo sentences 13 soldiers to death in bid to boost discipline
LUBERO, Democratic Republic of Congo, Jan 1 (Reuters) - A Congolese military tribunal has sentenced 13 soldiers to death on charges including murder, looting, and cowardice in what military ...
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Congo sentences 13 soldiers to death in bid to boost discipline
The soldiers were sentenced on Tuesday in the town of Lubero in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern North Kivu province, where Congolese forces have been fighting the Rwanda-backed M23 ...
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23 Congolese soldiers face death penalty or prison for alleged desertion or crimes
Congo lifted a more than 20-year moratorium on the death penalty in March, a decision criticized by rights activists. In May, eight soldiers were sentenced to death for fleeing the battlefield ...
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DR Congo files criminal charges against Apple over use of ‘blood minerals’
Now, in December 2024, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government has escalated its legal efforts by filing criminal complaints through a team of international lawyers against Apple’s ...