Why is war breaking out in the Congo?
The war erupting in the Democratic Republic of Congo has its roots in the Rwandan genocide and the bloodiest war of the 21st ...
Fighting in Africa’s mineral-rich DRC killed over 3,000 in less than 2 weeks. Here’s how your phone plays a part
A rampaging rebel group has claimed the capture of another mining town in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of ...
Militia kills at least 51 civilians in east Congo village attack
Armed militants killed more than 51 civilians in an attack on a cluster of villages in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a village chief, a lawmaker and a member of a civil society said on Tuesday ...
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Civil society’s bold call for peace in DRC
For civil society, this was nonnegotiable. “No external forces can dictate the fate of the DRC,” said Bakanibona Isaac, the Legal Representative for the Burundi Association for the Consolidation of ...
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Fighting in Congo can lead to a regional war: Burundi President Ndayishimiye
The Rwanda-backed armed group M23 has vowed to march on the capital Kinshasa after capturing eastern DR Congo's biggest city ... "If it continues like this, war risks becoming widespread in ...
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DR Congo conflict risks broader regional war, Burundi warns
The conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo risks escalating into a broader regional war, Burundi's president said Saturday, as Africa's top health agency warned the fighting could spark ...
The Star14d
M23 rebels face Burundian forces in eastern Congo, heightening war fears
NAIROBI - As Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo push south towards the ... deal that ended Burundi's 1993-2005 civil war, which killed 300,000 people, its military ...