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Meet the young Congolese joining up to fight the M23 rebel group

Hundreds of young people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are flocking to army recruiting centres and signing up after their president Felix Tshiesekedi called on the nation’s youth to help halt the advance of the March 23 Movement, a rebel military group that has been terrorising the eastern…

France 24

DR Congo jets bomb M23 rebel targets in east, official says

Air strikes carried out after M23 rebels seize territory, displacing at least 90,000 people in the past month.

Al Jazeera

Hundreds take to streets in DR Congo for anti-Rwanda protests

Hundreds of people descended on the streets of the Democratic Republic of Congo's city of Goma on Monday, chanting for weapons to fight Rwanda, as M23 rebels continued their advance on the North Kivu province. The protesters accuse its smaller neighbour of actively backing the militia, and on the weekend,…

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Anti-Rwanda protests break out in east Congo as Kinshasa recalls envoy

Thousands joined anti-Rwanda protests in the east Congolese city of Goma on Monday, denouncing Rwanda's alleged support of M23 rebels as Kinshasa recalled its interim acting ambassador from Kigali in a further souring of relations.

Reuters

Congo's M23 rebels capture North Kivu town, UN peacekeepers wounded

Fighters from the M23 rebel group seized the town of Kiwanja in eastern Congo on Saturday, residents and a local official said, effectively cutting North Kivu's capital Goma off from the upper half of the province.

Reuters

Death toll reaches 36 in eastern DRC as protesters turn on UN peacekeepers

With elections due next year, analysts fear political motives could be driving the rising violence and tensions in the region

The Guardian - UK

Police disperse anti-UN protesters in Congo amid tensions

Police have dispersed about 100 demonstrators in Congo’s eastern town of Beni

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‘Accomplices of our misfortune’: Why Congolese lost faith in UN troops

Protesters accuse the longrunning UN mission of failing to protect civilians frustrated by an endless cycle of violence.

Al Jazeera

The UN is under attack in eastern Congo. But DRC elites are also to blame for the violence

Demonstrators in the volatile eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have called for the immediate withdrawal of the United Nations peacekeeping mission. Recent protests in Butembo-Beni, Goma, Bukavu and Uvira turned into deadly attacks against the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the…

The Conversation

At least five killed as anti-UN protesters overrun base in eastern DRC

At least five people have been killed and about 50 wounded during anti-UN protests in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma, government spokesman Patrick Muyaya said Tuesday.

Radio France Internationale

5 killed, 50 injured in anti-UN protests in Congo's east

Congo's government says that at least five people have been killed and about 50 others injured on the second day of demonstrations in the eastern city of Goma against the United Nations mission in the country

The Independent UK

Guterres says attack on UN in Congo may be war crime, asks for investigation

UN Secretary General António Guterres says the attack on UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo may be a war crime, according to a UN spokesperson.

France 24

At least 15 killed as anti-U.N. protests flare in east Congo

Three United Nations peacekeepers and at least 12 civilians were killed during a second day of anti-U.N. protests in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, authorities said.

Reuters

At least 15 killed as anti-UN protests spread in eastern DR Congo

UN chief says attacks any UN peacekeepers may constitute a war crime, after three members of UN forces killed.

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The Independent UK

People protest growing insecurity in Congo's east

Demonstrators set fires and forced entry into the U.N. mission facilities in Congo’s eastern city of Goma, demanding that the peacekeeping forces leave the country amid rising insecurity in the region

Reuters

Protesters ransack UN peacekeepers' offices in eastern DR Congo

Hundreds of protesters attacked a United Nations peacekeeping force's warehouse and looted offices on Monday in Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, demanding that the mission leave for failing to protect the population.

The Guardian - UK

‘In 10 years, we might not have forests’: DRC struggles to halt charcoal trade – a photo essay

Projects involving the Batwa and other marginalised communities offer alternative fuel and income, but can only ever be a small part of a wider drive to stop deforestation

Tribune News Service

Congo’s M23 rebels plan to take trading hub Goma

M23 rebels plan to take over the trading hub of Goma on the Democratic Republic of Congo’s border with Rwanda to force negotiations with the Congolese government, according to a report by a United Nations independent group of experts published Friday.

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Congo restricts border crossings with Rwanda after soldier shot dead during attack

Democratic Republic of Congo restricted the hours of border crossings with Rwanda on Friday after a Congolese soldier was shot dead while attacking border guards inside Rwandan territory.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Why Rwanda and Congo are sliding toward war again

The threat of war with neighboring Congo is simmering under the tidy surface of Rwanda’s capital as the East African nation hosts the British prime minister and other world leaders next week for the Commonwealth summit

The Independent UK

Congo official: Rwanda will have war if it wants war

A spokesman for a top military official in eastern Congo said Wednesday that if Rwanda “wants war, it will have war."

Radio France Internationale

DR Congo halts RwandAir over alleged support for rebel group

The Democratic Republic of Congo has suspended RwandAir flights and summoned Rwanda's ambassador in response to what it says is Kigali's support for the M23 rebel group's offensive in eastern Congo.

The Independent UK

Congo's M23 rebels attack military base in country's east

Congo military officials said that the M23 rebels closed in on a major military camp in the country’s east after days of fighting the army

Reuters

Heavy fighting as Congo tries to fend off resurgent M23 rebels

Heavy fighting raged on Thursday in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo between the army and M23 rebels, who are waging their most sustained offensive since a 2012-2013 insurrection that briefly overran the major city of Goma.

France 24

Germany's Scholz on African tour in search of new energy supplies

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is in Niger, continuing a three-country tour of Africa. One of the main motivations is that Germany is interested in new sources of energy. We get analysis from Dr. Douglas Yates of the American Graduate School in Paris. Also, as Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is sworn in…

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