Rwanda's evolving stature ensures muted global pressure as M23 advances in eastern Congo
In 2012, when M23 rebels appeared poised to seize control of a major city in eastern Congo, western countries suspended aid ...
Goma under siege: What do M23, Rwanda want and what can happen next?
Goma, the capital of North Kivu, is both a strategic economic hub and a trade conduit to Rwanda. Rwanda frames its ...
The Economist11h
The fall of Goma heralds more bloodshed in eastern Congo
The scene is the result of the invasion of Goma on January 27th by M23, an armed group under the control of Rwanda, Congo’s neighbour, which abuts the city. Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president, has ...
The Africa Report13h
DRC: Rwanda‑backed M23 pledges to ‘march all the way to Kinshasa’
Local sources said Kigali-backed fighters were advancing on a new front and had seized two districts in South Kivu province, ...
Congolese, Rwanda troops firing at each other across border in Goma, U.N. sources say
Troops from Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have been firing at each other across their shared border in the eastern ...
The Associated Press on MSN2h
As rebels cement rule of Goma, residents cope with life cut off from basic services
On the shores of Lake Kivu, Goma residents were busy filling up plastic jerrycans with lake water. Less than a week since ...
The Africa Report1d
DRC/Rwanda: Kagame, Tshisekedi to attend crisis summit as Goma’s fate hangs in the balance
The president of crisis-hit Democratic Republic of Congo was set to meet his Rwandan counterpart at an emergency summit on ...
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Congo’s president says country won’t be humiliated after rebels claim takeover
Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has vowed “a vigorous and coordinated response” against a rebel alliance that has besieged swathes of the nation’s mineral-rich east and ...