Assault signals Tamil Tigers are turning to guerrilla tactics as government closes in on rebel-held territory.
Ugandan rebels have killed 38 people since Christmas in a wave of attacks on southern Sudanese villages, it was reported on Thursday.
Sri Lankan soldiers pressured the Tamil Tigers’ last stronghold on the Jaffna Peninsula on Wednesday
DRC guerrillas and government negotiators must agree a ceasefire before a planned heads of state summit this month, a mediator said on Wednesday.
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/ 30 December 2008
Ugandan Lord’s Resistance Army rebels killed more than 400 people in Christmas massacres in northern DRC, the Caritas aid charity said on Tuesday.
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/ 22 December 2008
Peace talks between the DRC government and rebel forces in the eastern provinces will resume on January 7, mediators say.
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/ 19 December 2008
Ugandan rebel chief Joseph Kony just escaped a weekend military strike by a regional force against the insurgents, an army officer said on Thursday.
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/ 15 December 2008
The threat of Ugandan rebels on its soil overcame the DRC’s differences with Uganda, a Kinshasa government spokesperson said Monday.
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/ 27 November 2008
Rebels in eastern DRC clashed again on Thursday with pro-government groups, both sides said, each accusing the other of attempted encroachment.
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/ 27 November 2008
Rebels in eastern DRC have violated a fragile ceasefire and seized more territory, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
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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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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/ 27 October 2008
DRC President Joseph Kabila named a new government on Monday in a bid to pacify a country shaken by an upsurge in rebel violence.
Chadian President Idriss Déby Itno said on Wednesday he would not meet his Sudanese counterpart for peace talks.
Harsh light and shifting shadows in the windblown desert of eastern Chad can conjure strange images, but this was no mirage.
Uganda’s fugitive rebel, Joseph Kony, has broken months of silence to call for the resumption of peace talks that collapsed in April.
A hit-and-run offensive by rebels in Chad has tested the strength and neutrality of a European Union military force deployed to protect refugees.
Chad accused Sudan’s army of attacking a town on its eastern border on Tuesday and blamed its neighbour for Chadian rebel raids.
Rebels in Chad said on Tuesday they had seized control of another eastern town and captured a senior military officer.
Chadian rebels said on Monday they had seized the north-eastern town of Biltine, about 750km from the capital, Ndjamena.