UN Security Council demands M23 stop offensive in eastern Congo
The United Nations Security Council on Sunday demanded that M23 rebel forces stop an ongoing offensive and advance towards ...
At UN, Kinshasa Denounces Rwandan 'Declaration Of War'
The Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday called for UN Security Council sanctions against Rwanda, saying its forces had crossed into Congolese territory in what amounted to a "declaration of war." ...
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13 peacekeepers killed in eastern DRC, Kinshasa withdraws diplomats from Rwanda
An emergency meeting of the UN Security Council originally set for Monday, has been moved up to Sunday due to an escalation ...
Rwanda to remember victims of the 1994 genocide of Tutsis
April 7 marks 30 years since the start of a genocide that would see nearly 1 million Tutsis and moderate Hutus murdered in Rwanda. Scars on survivors' bodies remind Rwandans of the killings. A deep ...
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The Immediate Crises: Internal Opposition and War
The Rwandan government army, with French military assistance, pushed the RPF back over the border within the first month of combat. In 1991, however, a reorganized RPF began a guerilla war ...
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Thousands flee eastern DRC as M23 rebels encircle provincial capital Goma
The Rwanda-backed armed group has captured a string ... "Since the first days of January, we have been faced with an influx of war wounded," Doctors without Borders (MSF) representative Emmanuel ...
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War crime suspects living among us exposed as police consider genocide charges
Prosecutors are considering genocide charges against a Rwandan living in the UK 30 years after the atrocity. Scotland Yard’s War Crimes Team has sent a file to the Crown Prosecution Service ...
Congo civil war: Army recaptures towns seized by rebel forces months ago
The Congolese army said some of the recovered towns have been occupied by rebels for months, including Ngungu, a key town in ...