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Residents say Rwanda-backed rebels appear to be heading toward a third major city in eastern Congo. International pressure ...

This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled. By Elian Peltier and Justin Makangara Elian Peltier reported from Dakar ...

Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness Conrad’s 1899 novella was a searing critique of European colonialism, but especially the form practiced in the misnamed Congo Free State. King Leopold II of Belgium ...

Congo severed diplomatic ties with Rwanda as fighting between Rwanda-backed rebels and government forces raged around the key eastern city of Goma, leaving at least 13 peacekeepers and foreign ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Militia fighters killed at least 55 civilians in an attack on a cluster of villages and a camp for displaced people in northeastern Congo, local authorities said Tuesday.

"In Congo, we have a weak state or a non-state. Where all the armed groups have sprung up, it's because there's no state. We want to recreate the state." He added that the fight was nationwide and ...

Multiple groups designated Pierce County Sheriff's Deputy Daryl Shuey's 2020 passing a line-of-duty death, except the one that maintains Washington State's police memorial. His widow is trying to ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels claimed they captured eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, early Monday, as the United Nations described a mass panic among its 2 million people and ...

M23 rebels seize territory near Goma city Military governor dies from frontline injuries Congo and U.N. accuse Rwanda of backing M23 rebels Conflict uproots 400,000 people this year Jan 24 ...

"In Congo, we have a weak state or a non-state ... domestically and muzzling the opposition in elections that are not free or fair, Western countries have often tolerated the autocrat.

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing around one of Africa's great lakes, Lake Kivu, towards the second-biggest ...