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GOMA, Congo — Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo's largest city said Thursday they want to take their fight to the far-off capital, Kinshasa, while Congo’s president called for a ...
South Africa's armed forces say a group of soldiers critically injured in fighting in eastern Congo a month ago have been evacuated ... The U.N. had pushed for the Goma airport to be operational ...
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Two U.N. peacekeepers from South Africa were killed in fighting with M23 rebels in eastern Congo, a United Nations official said Saturday.
Most importantly, Goma airport was the hub of all the pro-Tshisekedi forces and militias, including FARDC troops, SADC forces (South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi), Burundian troops, Wazalendo ...
The South African National Defence Force has confirmed the names of 14 soldiers who displayed ‘extraordinary bravery’ while defending their base in Sake against M23 rebels in the Democratic ...
GOMA, Congo — (AP) — Fighting with M23 rebels in eastern Congo left six United Nations peacekeepers dead, U.N. officials said Saturday. Two South African peacekeepers were killed Friday, while ...
Goma faces a cash crisis as Kinshasa shuts the local central bank; M23 rebels respond by setting up their own financial institutions. With his black shirt soaked by the rain lashing Goma in eastern ...
At least 700 people have been killed since Sunday in intense fighting in Goma, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province, a UN spokesman said Friday.
A prison in eastern Congo's town of Goma is the worst in Africa, with 850 prisoners crammed into a jail built for 150 making conditions "inhumane", a top United Nations human rights official said ...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A group of critically injured South African peacekeepers who were hurt in fighting in eastern Congo a month ago have been evacuated by the United Nations… ...