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More than 100 women raped and burned alive in DR Congo jailbreak
More than 100 female prisoners were raped and then burned alive during a jailbreak in the Congolese city of Goma, according ...
‘Days of Mass Burials Ahead’ as Congo Mourns Its Dead in Goma
Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the ...
War in the DRC: In the town of Sake, the M23 rebels settle in but the inhabitants don't return
While Goma has fallen into the hands of the rebel group and the Rwandan army, Sake, just a few kilometers away, remains ...
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DR Congo: UN mission offers protection to ‘vulnerable populations’, despite huge challenges
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels continued to consolidate their hold over North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on ...
Rwanda-backed rebels have seized another town in eastern Congo
Rwanda-backed rebels gained ground in eastern Congo on Wednesday despite the unilateral ceasefire they declared earlier this ...
Thursday Briefing: An Uproar Over Trump’s Gaza Plan
Middle East leaders and key U.S. partners around the world quickly opposed President Trump’s proposal to force Palestinians ...
Ceasefire in east Congo appears to crumble as rebels take another town
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized control of a mining town in eastern ...
DR Congo: ICC tribunal closely monitoring surge in fighting
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, is looking for information about war crimes in eastern DRC. Meanwhile, M23 rebels launched a renewed offensive toward Bukavu in South ...
Death toll in Congo uprising nears 3,000 including scores of female inmates who were raped and burned alive with their children when women's jail was stormed: Co…
Hundreds of women were sexually assaulted before being butchered during a mass jail break from the Munzenze jail last week, ...
War crimes tribunal closely monitoring Congo bloodshed
International Criminal Court prosecutors said on Wednesday they were closely monitoring events in Democratic Republic of ...
Rebels in Congo Capture Town Despite Ceasefire, Sources Say
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized control of the town of Nyabibwe in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province, eight sources said ...
Rwanda's expansionism risks internationalizing the conflict in the DRC
NEWS ANALYSIS. The capture of Goma by the M23 rebel movement and Rwandan army forces has positioned Kigali as the dominant ...