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The New York Times · 16h

‘Days of Mass Burials Ahead’ as Congo Mourns Its Dead in Goma

Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the Central African country in decades.

Congo to seek UN investigation into 'mass violations' in Goma

The Democratic Republic of Congo will present a motion to the United Nations Human Rights Council seeking an investigation into what it called "mass violations" of rights in the city of Goma, its envoy told reporters on Thursday.

The Associated Press on MSN · 2d

UN says the death toll in fighting in the eastern Congo city of Goma is at least 900

The U.N. health agency says that fighting last week between Congolese government forces and Rwanda-backed rebels in the major eastern city of Goma left at least 900 people dead, raising the previously

Congo, M23 rebellion

UPI News on MSN · 2d

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 international concern.

Chattanooga Times Free Press · 1d

The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a major Congo city declare a unilateral ceasefire

The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized eastern Congo's key city of Goma announced a unilateral ceasefire in the region Monday for humanitarian reasons, following calls for a safe corridor for aid and hundreds of thousands of displaced people.

Courthouse News Service · 1d

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 Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame would attend a joint summit Saturday.

The Economist46m

A leader of Congo’s rebels vows to fight on

The group has made dramatic advances in Congo’s North Kivu province since re-emerging as a force in late 2021. It has ...

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More than 150 female inmates raped and burned to death during Goma jailbreak in DRC, UN says

More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire ...

1h

M23 addresses crowds in captured DR Congo city, as fighters advance

Rwandan-backed M23 said Thursday it wanted to "liberate all of the Congo" in its first public meeting since seizing the ...

2don MSN

East Congo city of Goma rushes to bury bodies after rebel offensive

Over 2,000 bodies require burial in Goma after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels took over the Democratic of Congo city last week, ...

12don MSN

What to know about the escalating conflict in eastern Congo as rebels close in on Goma

Fighting has escalated sharply in recent weeks in eastern Congo, where rebels have seized key towns and are closing in on the ...

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Congo Mass Murder: Hundreds of Women Raped and Burnt Alive in Goma's Munzenze Prison Amid Political Crisis

Goma: Congo has been witnessing a massive political crisis with Rwanda-backed rebels capturing the city of Goma and another ...

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Rwanda-backed rebels bed down in Congo's Goma and push south for further gains

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels asserted their control over east Congo's largest city Goma on Thursday by calling on residents to ...

The Associated Press on MSN9d

'No safe place to go to from Goma' for millions as humanitarian crisis looms in eastern Congo city

It remained unclear how much of Goma is controlled by the rebels, who marched into eastern Congo’s strategic city early ...

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