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Congo’s forces try to slow Rwanda-backed rebels in east

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Congo tries to slow the assault of Rwanda-backed rebels amid reports of dead bodies in the streets

Congolese security forces on Tuesday tried to slow the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who say they have captured Goma after entering eastern Congo's largest city, as U.N. officials reported violence,

Rwanda-backed rebels take control of airport in Goma, eastern Congo's largest city

Rebels seized the airport of east Congo's largest city, Goma, on Tuesday, potentially cutting off the main route for aid to reach hundreds of thousands of displaced people, after capturing the city in an offensive that left dead bodies lying in the streets.

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 a advance by M23 rebels on the key city UN experts and others have long accused neighbouring Rwanda of backing the M23, but Rwanda has consistently denied this

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Newsweek on MSN · 9h

M23 Rebellion in DR Congo: Protesters Light Fires Near US Embassy

Protesters have attacked missions in the capital of the African country as anger grows about the advance of the M23 rebel group.

Reuters on MSN · 2h

US urges UN action to stop Rwanda, M23 rebels in eastern Congo

The United States urged the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday to consider measures to halt an offensive by Rwandan troops and M23 rebel forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as a conflict there escalates.

The New York Times · 7h

Hundreds of Protesters Attack Foreign Embassies in Congo

Protesters set fires and looted foreign embassies in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, amid anger at foreign allies over what many see as failure to stop an assault by M23, a Rwanda-backed militia group,

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Rubio tells Rwandan president US wants ceasefire in Congo

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Tuesday that Washington was "deeply troubled" by ...

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Rwanda, the West’s ‘Donor Darling,’ Seizes an Opportunity in Congo

A conflict that has raged for decades reached a flashpoint this week when rebels backed by Rwanda marched on a key Congolese ...

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

Bodies are lying on the streets. Medical staff in overwhelmed hospitals are treating hundreds of wounded civilians against ...

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Congo protesters storm Kinshasa embassies over conflict in east

Rioters stormed embassies and started fires in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa, drawing tear gas from police, ...

17hon MSN

Peace calls mount amid conflict in DR Congo's key city

There are growing international calls for peace talks to end the escalation of violence in the east of the Democratic ...

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