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/ 10 November 2008
Southern African nations are prepared to provide assistance to the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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/ 10 November 2008
The UN has accused Tutsi rebels and Congolese militias of war crimes over the systematic killing of civilians in the town of Kiwanja.
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/ 8 November 2008
Jumy Kasereka told his mother the Tutsi rebel soldiers would not harm him. After all, he was a schoolteacher, not a fighter.
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/ 8 November 2008
This week a UN aid convoy reached the rebel-held city of Rutshuru, bringing much-needed food to tens of thousands of displaced people.
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/ 7 November 2008
The Africa correspondent of a leading German newspaper was released on Friday after three days in the hands of a militia group in the DRC.
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/ 7 November 2008
DRC Tutsi rebels and government troops fought near a refugee camp in east DRC on Friday, forcing thousands of civilians to flee in panic.
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/ 7 November 2008
Tutsi rebels in eastern DRC have been accused of summarily killing civilians as they seized a town that had been the stronghold of Hutu militias.
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/ 7 November 2008
A celebrity photographer turns his lens on survivors of the eastern Congo conflict, now living in refugee camps.
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/ 5 November 2008
Congolese Tutsi rebels fought pro-government militia for a second day in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Wednesday.
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/ 5 November 2008
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s warring rivals traded accusations that Angola, Zimbabwe and
Rwanda are mobilising forces to fight in the DRC.
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/ 3 November 2008
Authorities in the DRC on Monday declared a curfew in the key eastern city of Goma, which is threatened by rebels camped on the outskirts.
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/ 3 November 2008
A United Nations aid convoy will head into a rebel-held zone of east Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday to try to reach displaced civilians.
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/ 2 November 2008
AU chairperson Jakaya Kikwete on Sunday said he was involved in intensive diplomatic efforts ahead of a summit next week on the situation in the DRC.
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/ 2 November 2008
Thousands of civilians displaced by conflict languished on the roads of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Sunday.
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/ 1 November 2008
Fears mounted over the fate of tens of thousands of people fleeing conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday.
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/ 31 October 2008
Rebel troops were poised outside the Congolese city of Goma on Friday as the EU mulled sending troops to the strife-torn region to prevent a disaster.
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/ 30 October 2008
DRC rebels closed in on the eastern town of Goma on Wednesday, causing panic among residents and forcing the evacuation of aid workers.
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/ 29 October 2008
Rebels in the DRC closed on the eastern city of Goma on Wednesday, sparking chaotic scenes as government forces and refugees scrambled to leave.
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/ 29 October 2008
A new bout of heavy fighting erupted between government and rebel forces on Wednesday in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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/ 28 October 2008
UN peacekeepers prepared to evacuate about 50 foreign aid workers from a town in violence-ravaged eastern DRC on Tuesday as Tutsi rebels advanced.
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/ 27 October 2008
Thousands of civilians fled fresh fighting in the eastern DRC on Monday, forming long columns heading towards Goma on foot.
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/ 25 October 2008
The Security Council will probably authorise deployment of special forces and military hardware to help UN troops better protect civilians in the DRC.
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/ 20 October 2008
Rwandan rebels fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) should quit the country ”without delay”, government forces said on Monday.
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/ 20 October 2008
First the Ugandan rebels locked the children in the village school. Then they killed those adults who resisted and tied down others.
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/ 14 October 2008
Heavy fighting in the eastern DRC has driven at least 1 700 people from a refugee camp, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
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/ 14 October 2008
The DRC’s powder-keg east is being bled dry as Kinshasa and Rwanda refuse to bury the hatchet, analysts say.
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/ 13 October 2008
The African Union will become more involved in finding a durable peace in the conflict-torn DRC, says its chief, Jean Ping.
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/ 12 October 2008
AU chief Jean Ping on Saturday met DRC President Joseph Kabila and other officials to try to end fighting in the volatile east.
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/ 11 October 2008
Rebel forces have withdrawn from an army base in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after having taken it in fierce fighting.
The DRC’s envoy to the UN called on the Security Council on Wednesday to intervene to stop what he called an ”imminent” Rwandan attack.
Two South African soldiers have drowned in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Defence Minister Charles Nqakula announced on Wednesday.
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/ 29 September 2008
Freed child soldiers in the DRC are being re-recruited for their valuable fighting experience, Amnesty International said on Monday.