Congolese Fighting Uproots Thousands
A new outbreak of fighting between Congolese government forces and the M23 rebel movement has uprooted tens of thousands of people, says the United Nations.
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Congo-Kinshasa:
New Fighting Uproots Thousands
UN News, 16 July 2013
The United Nations refugee agency today voiced concern about a new emergency in the North Kivu area of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where renewed fighting has… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
M23 Rebels Advance Towards Goma
UN News, 15 July 2013
United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are on high alert today and stand ready to use force to protect civilians in Goma from an advancing… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
M23 Rebel Attack Sparks Heavy Fighting - UN
Monusco, 14 July 2013
In the afternoon of 14 July, heavy fighting broke out in Mutaho, 8 km NW of Goma, after an FARDC position in the locality was attacked by a significant group of the M-23. Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
DRC, M23 Peace Talks to Resume in Kampala
New Times, 9 June 2013
Talks aimed at ending fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between government troops and the M23 rebels could resume next week. Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
New Urgency to Talks With M23 Rebels
allAfrica, 8 July 2013
There is a new urgency to the latest round of talks in Kampala between the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and its foes in the M23 rebel group. Read more »
M23 rebels in Goma.
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Uganda:
M23 Kampala Talks Set to Resume
UNIRIN, 20 June 2013
Delegates representing the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the rebel M23 are back in Kampala, Uganda, for a fresh round of peace talks, but analysts say… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
Rwandan Support for Congo's Rebels Waning
VOA, 1 July 2013
United Nations experts say support for the M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo is waning, but that the group is still getting some help from Rwanda. Read more »
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Uganda:
Will World Bank Buy Peace in DR Congo?
Independent (Kampala), 28 June 2013
The recent joint visit to the Great Lakes Region by the UN secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim to support a peace deal in DR Congo and promote… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
Time Still Not Right for Congolese Refugees to Return
IPS, 21 June 2013
Tuyisenge*, a former teacher from the Democratic Republic of Congo province of North Kivu, sat on a tree stump watching his fellow refugees go about their lives along the terraces… Read more »
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Central Africa:
Army Deploys on Rebel-Controlled Frontiers
New Vision, 20 June 2013
The Democratic Republic of Congo government Wednesday deployed hundreds of soldiers and tanks along its frontier with M23 rebels territory creating up new tensions in the war-torn… Read more »
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Uganda:
M23 Rebels to Resume Talks With DR Congo
New Vision, 10 June 2013
The M23 rebel group has said that it has returned to Kampala to resume talks with the Kinshasa regime after the recent meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. Read more »
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Central Africa:
Advocacy Groups Welcome New U.S Great Lakes Envoy
VOA, 19 June 2013
Nineteen advocacy groups and Congo experts are giving the thumps up to President Barack Obama's appointment of former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold as the new U.S. Special Envoy for… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
M23 Rebels Accuse DRC Government of Rejecting Negotiations
VOA, 14 June 2013
The Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebels are accusing the government of refusing to negotiate at peace talks in Kampala, Uganda. Read more »
InFocus
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The government is questioning M23's commitment to its unilateral ceasefire, saying the rebels have not respected the directive to withdraw 20 kilometers outside Goma city. Read more »
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There's renewed hope for a peaceful resolution to the country's conflict after
M23 rebels declared a unilateral ceasefire ahead of the second round of talks with government. Read more »
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The Security Council has approved the first "offensive" UN force to battle rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo. Armed groups such as M23 have taken over large parts of the east ... Read more »
