Accounts of child survivors shed light on surge of rape and sexual violence in conflict-torn DRC
Sixteen-year-old Darkuna watched, terrified, as six gun-wielding men ransacked her home. She would become one of many ...
'They killed all these young people' - BBC investigates alleged massacre in rebel-held Congolese city
The heavily armed rebels do not act alone. They are backed by neighbouring Rwanda, according to the UN and the US. Rwanda ...
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South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi will withdraw troops from eastern Congo
African leaders on Thursday announced the withdrawal of thousands of troops from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi who were ...
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Goma reacts to prospect of Kinshasa-rebel dialogue brokered by Angola
Following a brief visit to Luanda by Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi Tuesday, the Angolan presidency announced that it ...
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Eastern DRC: The impossible death toll of the battle for Goma
More than a month after rebels captured Goma, the capital of DRC’s North Kivu province, humanitarian workers dispute the UN’s ...
It’s been a month since rebels seized an eastern Congo city. Goma residents say they are struggling
Rwanda-backed rebels captured a key eastern Congo city a month ago Friday. Residents in Goma say they are struggling on ...
I experienced the fall of Goma. I had to leave my Congolese colleagues in a critical situation
A professor of global health was in Kivu when the fighting began to rage. She recounts what she and her colleagues ...
Residents in Goma struggling for basics
Rwanda-backed rebels captured a key eastern Congo city just over a month ago. Residents in Goma, which was once a critical ...
As Rwanda-backed rebels seized Goma, the families of Congolese soldiers became a target
Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s major city of Goma have targeted relatives of fleeing Congolese soldiers. That's according to the soldier's families.
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South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi will withdraw troops from conflict-torn eastern Congo
African leaders on Thursday announced the withdrawal of thousands of troops from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi who were sent to quell insurgencies in mineral-rich eastern Congo, where M23 rebels ...
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DR Congo: Clean water ‘a lifeline’ for around 364,000 children a day in Goma
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and partners in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are providing lifesaving ...
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SADC orders peacekeeping troops out of eastern DRC
Southern African Development Community heads of state have announced the withdrawal of their soldiers from the conflict in ...