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M23 rebels vow to march on Kinshasa after capturing Goma

M23 rebels now want to capture DRC capital Kinshasa

Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s largest city said Thursday they want to take their fight to the far-off capital, Kinshasa, while Congo’s president called for a massive military mobilization to resist the rebellion with his Defense minister rejecting calls for talks.

AFP on MSN · 2d

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels pledge to 'march all the way to Kinshasa'

The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group vowed Thursday to "continue the march of liberation" to the DR Congo capital Kinshasa, as its fighters made further advances in the mineral-rich east of the country.

U.S. News & World Report · 2d

Having Seized Goma, Congo's M23 Rebels Want to Show They Can Govern

Members of the M23 rebel group gather to supervise Congolese potential recruits for the M23 rebel group before being taken to training centres run by M23 rebels, amid clashes between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC),

Fighting stalls in east Congo

NBC News · 4d

Protesters attack several embassies in Kinshasa over rebel advances in eastern Congo

Video showed part of the French embassy in Congo’s capital of Kinshasa on fire as protests erupted in anger over M23 rebel advances in the eastern city of Goma. Demonstrators attacked several embassies of countries they accused of complicity in Rwanda’s alleged support of the rebel group.

Reuters on MSN · 7h

Fighting stalls in east Congo as troops push back Rwanda-backed rebels

A major offensive by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in east Democratic Republic of Congo appeared to have stalled on Saturday after the army took back some ground, two civil society sources and a local official said.

Voice of America · 1d

Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo say they plan to take their fight to the capital

Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo's largest city said Thursday they want to take their fight to the far-off capital, Kinshasa, while Congo’s president called for a massive military mobilization to resist the rebellion and his defense minister rejected calls for talks.

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Congo says French foreign minister arrives in Kinshasa

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot has arrived in Congo's capital Kinshasa, an official at the presidency said on ...

allAfrica.com on MSN1h

Congo-Kinshasa: UN Agencies Warn of Worsening Humanitarian and Human Rights Crisis in Eastern DR Congo

United Nations agencies on Friday called for an end to the violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as fighting between Government forces and the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group ...

Daily Monitor2d

What went wrong at Uganda’s embassy in Kinshasa?

Gaps in securing Uganda’s embassy in Kinshasa are to blame for the attacks that forced the diplomats into hiding on January ...

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Congo protesters storm Kinshasa embassies over conflict in east

By Benoit Nyemba and David Lewis KINSHASA (Reuters) -Rioters stormed embassies and started fires in Democratic Republic of ...

France 242d

M23 rebels aim to overthrow Kinshasa administration, researcher says, as UN warns of regional war

FRANCE 24's Yinka Oyetade speaks to Dr Alex Vines, head of the Africa Programme at Chatham House, about the M23 offensive in ...

Protesters rally behind Congolese president in Kinshasa as others flee violence to Rwanda

Anti-Rwandan protests broke out in Kinshasa Tuesday morning, as rebels battled Congolese forces in the key eastern city of ...

AFP on MSN6h

DR Congo conflict risks broader regional war, Burundi warns

The conflict in eastern DR Congo risks escalating into a broader regional war, Burundi's president said Saturday, as Africa's top health agency warned the fighting could spark new outbreaks of serious ...