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Europe’s Shameful Role in the War in Congo
The war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on the border with Rwanda, has caused at least six million deaths in the last twenty-seven years, according to official figures. Some estimate ...
Since 1996, conflict in eastern DRC has led to approximately six million deaths. The First Congo War (1996–1997) began in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, during which ethnic Hutu ...
More than a month after rebels captured Goma, the capital of DRC’s North Kivu province, humanitarian workers dispute the UN’s estimate that nearly 3,000 people died during the fighting. They say ...
Is a deadly past replaying for Congolese as M23 rebels march on Kinshasa amid presence of Rwandan and Ugandan troops?
The leader of Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in eastern Congo said on Thursday that a call by Kinshasa and Kigali for an immediate ...
ITS soldiers are underpaid and underarmed. Its ranks are riddled with factions pursuing their own interests. And successive presidents are said to have kept it weak for fear of a coup.
International health officials are investigating mystery illnesses and deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The World Health Organization said Thursday it was investigating the cause of ...
The leader of the rebels who captured two key cities in eastern Congo tells The Associated Press that international sanctions ...