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Kabila's Goma Gambit - DR Congo's Parallel Power Play [analysis]
When Joseph Kabila, who led the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) from 2001 to 2019 and was once a close ally of current President Félix Tshisekedi, appeared in Goma earlier this year, flanked ...
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Kabila’s Goma gambit: DR Congo’s parallel power play
When Joseph Kabila, who led the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) from 2001 to 2019 and was once a close ally of current President Félix Tshisekedi, appeared in Goma earlier this year, flanked ...
Congo ex-president Kabila visits rebel-held Goma for talks, associates say
Congolese former president Joseph Kabila has arrived in the rebel-held eastern city of Goma for talks with locals, three ...
Congo’s Former President Returns Home, Accused of Treason
Joseph Kabila was accused of supporting the Rwanda-backed militia M23. Days later he arrived in Goma, a city held by the ...
Rwanda-backed rebels committed possible war crimes in eastern Congo, rights group says
Human rights group Amnesty International accused the M23 rebels in eastern Congo of killing, torturing and forcibly ...
Congo’s coltan miners dig for world’s tech — and struggle regardless of who is in charge
Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi has sought out a deal with the Trump administration, offering mineral access in return for ...
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Clashes hit rebel-controlled Goma, largest city in east Congo
(Reuters) - Clashes between pro-government forces and Rwanda-backed rebels reached Goma in east Congo, residents told Reuters on Saturday, as each side blamed the other for the worst violence in ...
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It's been a month since rebels seized an eastern Congo city. Goma residents say they are struggling
GOMA, Congo — Rwanda-backed rebels captured a key eastern Congo city a month ago Friday. Residents in Goma, which was once a critical trade and humanitarian hub, say they are struggling on ...
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DR Congo: M23 Drives Displaced People From Goma Camps
(Nairobi) – The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has unlawfully ordered tens of thousands of displaced people to leave the camps around Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Rights ...
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M23’s capture of Goma is the latest chapter in eastern Congo’s long-running war
On Jan. 31, 2025 the rebel group known as the March 23 Movement (M23) captured the city of Goma in the eastern DRC. At a news conference, Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Alliance that ...
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Hundreds of women raped, burnt alive in Congo jailbreak amid rebel conflict
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels last week captured regional capital Goma in an anarchic and mineral-rich part of Democratic Republic of Congo. Hundreds of women inmates in Munzenze prison of Congo's Goma ...
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‘Days of Mass Burials Ahead’ as Congo Mourns Its Dead in Goma
Volunteers buried those who died during a week of clashes in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo.Credit... Supported by By Elian Peltier Photographs by Guerchom Ndebo Reporting from Goma ...