Peacekeepers Launch Offensive in DR Congo
The UN's elite intervention brigade, which has been given a robust mandate to take on armed groups, has been drawn into renewed fighting in Goma, raising questions about its aggressive new military mandate.
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Congo-Kinshasa:
UN's Peacekeepers Start Offensive
CISA, 27 August 2013
Renewed fighting has broken out around Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, close to the Democratic Republic of Congo's border with Rwanda. Read more »
Congolese soldiers
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Congo-Kinshasa:
U.S. Calls On Rwanda and DRC to Avoid War
Sudan Tribune, 27 August 2013
The United States has called on Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to avoid an escalation in violence that could lead to war in the already conflict-riddled eastern… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
Hundreds Flee to Burundi After Fighting
UN News, 27 August 2013
The United Nations refugee agency today said it is assisting refugees that have fled to Burundi from the Democratic Republic of the Congo's South Kivu province after ongoing deadly… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
Statement By the Humanitarian Coordinator and Agencies of the United Nations
WFP, 24 August 2013
The Humanitarian Coordinator, Moustapha Soumare, UNICEF, UNHCR, WFP and OCHA condemn the killings of innocent civilians in the fighting in North Kivu Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
DRC Civilians At Risk - UNHCR
VOA, 27 August 2013
U.N. agencies say civilians have been victims of the latest violence in the eastern DRC. Fighting between government forces and two rebel groups -- as well as local, ethnic… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
Deteriorating Situation in DRC As Refugees Continue to Flee
AlertNet, 27 August 2013
Fleeing refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo say the security situation is deteriorating there, reports children's charity Plan International. Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa:
United States - 'We Support the UN Mission in DR Congo'
DW, 26 August 2013
The United States says it has confidence in the UN as fighting rages in eastern DRC. The UN on Monday (26.08.2013) called for a probe into the deaths of two protestors allegedly… Read more »
InFocus
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President Jakaya Kikwete's suggestion that Rwanda should hold talks with rebel groups fighting in the DRC is causing a rift between the two East African nations. Read more »