M23 seize key city as fears of DR Congo breakup mount
Scores of people have fled since the fighters reached the outlying districts of Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, on Friday. It was barely defended by the Congolese armed forces (FARDC
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Fears of attack mount in Bukavu as M23 seize key airport
M23 fighters on Friday pushed on towards another regional capital in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, prompting shops and businesses to close and frightened civilians to flee
Umoja wa Mataifa wataka M23 kuachilia uwanja wa ndege wa Goma
Mapigano makali kati ya serikali ya Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Congo (DRC) na kundi la wapiganaji laMarch 23 Movement (M23) yamesababisha athari mbaya kwa uwanja wa ndege wa kimataifa wa Goma
M23, Rwanda Troops Launch Fresh East DR Congo Offensive
Just days after capturing the strategic city of Goma in neighbouring North Kivu, the M23 armed group had declared a unilateral humanitarian “ceasefire” to take effect from Tuesday.
M23 rebels declares ceasefire in DRC’s war-torn east
Rwandan-backed armed group M23 announced a humanitarian “ceasefire” from Tuesday in DR Congo’s perennially explosive east, days before a planned crisis meeting between Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame.
Rais Samia Suluhu kuwa Mwenyekiti wa Mkutano Mkuu wa Kilele nchini Tanzania unaolenga Kumaliza Mgogoro wa DRC
Mazungumzo hayo yanatarajiwa kulenga kurejesha amani na utulivu katika Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo (DRC) ambayo imekumbwa na ghasia na uhamiaji mkubwa.
President Samia Suluhu to Chair Key Summit in Tanzania Focused on Ending DRC Crisis
This summit comes amid rising concerns over rebel group advances in the DRC, particularly the M23, backed by Rwanda, and the growing diplomatic tensions between several African countries
Rwanda-backed M23 advances in DRC as volunteers rally to fight back
After seizing the biggest city in eastern DR Congo, the Rwandan-backed armed group M23 was advancing south through a neighbouring…
Rwanda’s Kagame warns S.Africa has ‘no place’ in eastern DRC
SAMIDRC “is not a peacekeeping force, and it has no place in this situation”.
Rwanda, DR Congo leaders in crisis summit as Goma’s fate hangs in balance
The president of crisis-hit Democratic Republic of Congo was set to meet his Rwandan counterpart at an emergency summit on Wednesday, as fighters backed by Kigali appeared on the brink of seizing the key city of Goma.
