DR Congo Rebel Leader in Uganda for Peace Talks
The M23 leader is reportedly in Kampala to attend negotiations aimed at finding a peaceful resolution to conflict in the eastern part of Congo.
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Congo-Kinshasa:
M23 Leader in Kampala for Peace Talks
New Times, 23 November 2012
The leader of the rebel group M23, Col. Sultan Makenga, has been invited to attend the peace negotiations in Kampala aimed at finding a peaceful resolution to the eastern part of… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
M23 Leader to Hold Talks with Ugandan President?
Focus, 22 November 2012
Events are moving fast in DRC two days after M23 rebels captured Goma city in North Kivu. Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
ICC Prosecutor 'Examining' Alleged M23 Crimes
Hirondelle, 22 November 2012
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Wednesday that her office is examining alleged crimes committed by M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,… Read more »
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Uganda:
Congo Rebels Reject Call to Leave Goma
New Vision, 22 November 2012
Rebels in eastern Congo on Thursday rejected regional calls to withdraw from the city of Goma and threatened to press an advance until President Joseph Kabila agrees to peace… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
No Power, Little Safe Water in Goma
UNIRIN, 22 November 2012
Thirty-one bodies have been collected from streets in and around the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) city of Goma since rebels took it over on 20 November. Ten were… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
NGOs Call for African Union-UN Mediator
OSISA, 22 November 2012
The conflict in eastern Congo between the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group is crippling the Great Lakes Region, and is… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
After the Kampala Summit, the Ball Is Now in DRC and M23's Court
New Times, 23 November 2012
Despite the foolhardy actions of some in the international community, whose actions have done absolutely nothing to improve the situation in eastern DRC, there is some progress in… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
DRC Is Crying Out for Everybody's Helping Hand
New Times, 23 November 2012
The call by Presidents Kaguta Yoweri Museveni and President Kagame Paul that M23 withdraws from Goma has punctured the bravado balloon of the international community. Read more »
Fleeing Conflict (file photo).
InFocus
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Thousands of soldiers have surrendered to M23, as the rebel group announced their determination to topple the government. Meanwhile, the Congolese president has agreed to look in ... Read more »
