DR Congo rebels close in on key city as 13 peacekeepers killed
The calls come after 13 soldiers serving with peacekeeping forces in the DR Congo were killed in clashes with M23 rebels, UN and army officials have said. South Africa said nine of its soldiers were killed while deterring an advance on Goma.
M23 rebels have made rapid advances in the latest bout of conflict that has long-dogged the mineral-rich east.
North Kivu is a province bordering Lake Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The capital city is Goma.
Civilians in eastern DR Congo face "increasing risks" as Rwandan-backed group M23 closes in on the key city of Goma, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday.
The Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday called for the United Nations to sanction Rwanda, accusing its neighbour of ...
The besieged Congolese city of Goma was rocked by heavy artillery fire on Monday as France warned the regional capital was on ...
Reponse Izabayo managed to reach hospital after being shot as he tried to escape fighting that has flared in eastern ...
Gunfire broke out before dawn Monday in the centre of the besieged Congolese city of Goma, after the Democratic Republic of ...
The DR Congo army and M23 on Friday clashed outside Goma as the UK, US and France urged citizens to leave the main city in DR Congo's volatile east, warning the situation could deteriorate ...
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DR Congo: hundreds of thousands displaced as conflict rages in the eastRwanda-backed rebels claimed they captured eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, as the United Nations described a mass panic ...
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