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The origin of M23, devastating effects of war in eastern Congo
With over 105 million people, the DR Congo is a mosaic of 250 ethnic groups and 700 languages, a testament to its rich cultural diversity. However, in the eastern provinces of North and South Kivu, ...
How colonial borders continue to shape African conflicts
In December 2006, a crucial African statistical development initiative nearly collapsed under the weight of post-war tensions ...
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South African troops are dying in DRC: Here’s what’s going wrong
The death of South African soldiers on a Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has sparked fierce debate about the deployment of South African ...
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How DRC and Sudan conflicts will test Trump’s America first policy
The conflicts serve as a real-time reminder that the America First policy is not tantamount to Washington’s total disregard ...
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SADC calls for urgent dialogue to restore peace in DRC
It called for an immediate joint Summit of SADC and EAC to deliberate on the way forward regarding the security situation in ...
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DRC crisis: It’s back to the future
The SADC forces have lost dozens of soldiers since the M23 resumed fighting in the eastern DRC. The bloc lost 16 soldiers ...
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The smouldering volcanoes of Eastern Congo
Since flag independence from Belgium on June 30, 1960 and since the gruesome murder of its founding president, Patrice ...
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Congo crisis tests Kenya’s diplomatic mettle and could sink AUC ambition
In its aftermath, the fall of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province in Eastern Congo, to the Rwanda-backed M23 militia ...
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South African troops are dying in the DRC: why they’re there and what’s going wrong
The death of South African soldiers on a Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission in the Democratic Republic of ...
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Africa’s second-largest nation borders nine countries in strategic position
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the second-largest country in Africa and the 11th-largest in the world by land area.
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5 things to know about the fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels say they are now in control of the key eastern Congolese city of Goma. Their fighters continue to ...
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Rwanda-backed M23 pushes on in DR Congo
The Rwandan-backed M23 group on Friday advanced south after seizing the biggest city in mineral-rich eastern DR Congo, in ...