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/ 25 November 2008
Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo urged the DRC president on Monday to talk with Tutsi rebel leader Laurent Nkunda.
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/ 23 November 2008
The crowd had been sweltering for three hours in a stadium on Saturday before Laurent Nkunda arrived and launched a harangue against the UN.
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/ 22 November 2008
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s battered government has little choice but to open unpopular talks with dissident General Laurent Nkunda.
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/ 21 November 2008
The DRC government on Friday demanded a stronger mandate for the peacekeeping force in the country after the UN voted to send extra troops.
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/ 20 November 2008
Hundreds of DRC rebel fighters pulled back on Wednesday from frontline positions in a move the UN hopes will open the way for peace talks.
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/ 19 November 2008
DRC rebel fighters pulled back on Wednesday from two key battlefronts as aid workers warned of a massive increase in malnutrition.
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/ 18 November 2008
The United Nations Security Council hopes to vote this week on a resolution that would boost the number of UN peacekeepers in the DRC.
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/ 17 November 2008
Congolese rebel forces said on Monday they had taken new territory and threatened more attacks against government troops.
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/ 17 November 2008
The DRC’s army clashed with rebels in some of the worst fighting in a week despite the rebel leader’s promise to support a ceasefire.
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/ 16 November 2008
Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda agreed on Sunday to take part in UN-backed peace talks, but fighting between the army and rebels raged on.
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/ 15 November 2008
Rwanda’s President, Paul Kagame, has accused the United Nations of betraying a pledge to combat Hutu extremists in eastern Congo and then blaming his country for the failure of a costly peacekeeping mission to end years of conflict. In an interview with the Guardian, Kagame dismissed accusations that Rwanda is backing the Tutsi rebel leader, […]
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/ 15 November 2008
Despite calls for a ceasefire, fighting continues in the eastern DRC and the atmosphere remains tense, writes Stephanie Wolters.
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/ 14 November 2008
About 60 000 refugees are to be moved from a camp on the frontline of fighting between DRC rebels and government forces, the United Nations says.
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/ 13 November 2008
There are growing fears in the DRC that the Nord-Kivu conflict could escalate, with the potential to bring violence to far-removed capital Kinshasa.
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/ 13 November 2008
UN peacekeepers blamed rebels in eastern DRC on Wednesday for forcing thousands of displaced people to flee a refugee camp.
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/ 11 November 2008
The UN on Tuesday accused government forces of a wave of violence against civilians, including looting and rape, in several towns in eastern DRC.
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/ 11 November 2008
Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday said they were holding to a ceasefire despite some skirmishes.
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/ 10 November 2008
Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda said on Monday he would fight African peacekeepers if they backed government troops against him.
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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
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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/ 6 November 2008
Rebels and pro-government militia clashed for a second successive day in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Wednesday.
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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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/ 4 November 2008
Rebels in the east of the DRC accused the government of declaring "war on its people" by refusing to negotiate.
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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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/ 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.