From Leopold to lithium: How corporations perfected the art of plundering Africa
Multinational corporations are the modern-day Leopold II, albeit with better PR teams. Despite numerous pledges for ethical sourcing, many tech giants continue to profit from Congo's misery. A 2022 ...
M23 Rebellion in DR Congo: Protesters Light Fires Near US Embassy
Protesters have attacked missions in the capital of the African country as anger grows about the advance of the M23 rebel ...
Rwanda’s evolving stature ensures muted global pressure as M23 advances in eastern Congo
In 2012, when M23 rebels appeared poised to seize control of a major city in eastern Congo, western countries suspended aid ...
Having seized Goma, Congo's M23 rebels want to show they can govern
When M23 rebels swept into the Congolese city of Goma this week, world powers urged them to immediately withdraw. Instead, ...
Congolese civilians caught in a growing rebellion face a terrible choice
Many of the millions of people trapped in eastern Congo’s escalating rebellion face a terrible choice: Retreat into Congo’s ...
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‘Declaration of war’: M23 rebels claim seizing key DR Congo city of Goma
Furious over the M23 advance on Goma, the DRC cut ties with Rwanda on Saturday and called for UN sanctions on its neighbour. With international ... M23 group says its rebellion in eastern DR ...
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Congo Pulls Diplomats From Rwanda Amid Imminent Rebellion Advances
(MENAFN- IANS) Kinshasa, Jan 27 (IANS) The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has announced the recall of its embassy staff in Rwanda amid advances by the March 23 Movement (M23) rebellion ...
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Congo-Kinshasa: DRC Has Created a Reserve Force to Fight the M23 - Why This May Backfire
The Rwanda-backed M23 rebellion has been at the centre of attention in recent years. However, eastern DRC is home to more than 100 other armed groups, which are a major source of instability too.
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DRC cuts diplomatic ties with Rwanda over violence, UN calls emergency meet
The three-year-old M23 rebellion in DRC’s mineral-rich east has intensified this month, with the rebels seizing control of more territory, prompting the UN to warn of the risk of a broader ...
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Rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo say they have taken key city of Goma
In recent weeks, it has made significant territorial gains. The DRC has accused neighbouring Rwanda of fuelling the M23 rebellion and has now severed diplomatic ties with it. Rwanda has denied the ...
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DRC has created a reserve force to fight the M23 – why this may backfire
The first iteration of the M23 rebellion in 2012 was the result of rebel integration gone wrong. In its aftermath, the Congolese government banned the wholesale negotiated integration of armed ...
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Six peacekeepers killed fighting rebels in eastern Congo, officials say, as rebels close in on Goma
advocacy director for Africa at Amnesty International USA. “The Rwandan-backed M23 is clearly exploiting the presidential transition in the US to advance on Goma — putting thousands more ...