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Congo rejects Kenya’s diplomatic appointment to Goma

Goma, located in eastern Congo, has been at the center of a conflict between the Congolese government and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group, which launched a lightning assault on the mineral-rich regional

August 17, 2025

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UN peacekeeping chief in Congo meets M23 leaders

Mission head Bintou Keita met with Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Alliance that includes M23, and other representatives The head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo met with leaders

June 15, 2025

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Rwanda Quits Central Africa Bloc Over Congo Row

ECCAS, founded in the 1980s, aims to foster regional cooperation in areas such as security, economic integration, and conflict resolution Rwanda has announced its decision to withdraw from the Economic Community of

June 9, 2025

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Red Cross escorts over 1,000 disarmed Congolese soldiers

The Red Cross said in a statement it helped escort the 1,359 disarmed members of the government forces and their families from Goma to the capital Kinshasa Over a thousand disarmed Congolese

May 18, 2025

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Congo national park acknowledges rights abuses

An internal investigation by African Parks uncovered cases of torture, rape and forced displacement of Indigenous people who used to inhabit the land A national park associated with Prince Harry in the

May 11, 2025

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Congo, Rwanda submit peace proposal

US President Donald Trump’s senior adviser for Africa and the Middle East, Massad Boulos, said on social media that he welcomed the draft text “received from both (Congo) and Rwanda,” calling it

May 11, 2025

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US oversees peace pledge for east Congo

Rubio’s participation in the Washington ceremony with his Central African counterparts is an early step in what the Trump administration says is a rebuilding of US foreign policy Secretary of State

April 27, 2025

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Rwanda-backed rebels push into Congo’s mineral-rich town

The decades-long conflict in eastern Congo escalated in January, when the M23 rebels advanced and seized the strategic city of Goma, followed by the town of Bukavu in February Rwanda-backed M23 rebels

March 23, 2025

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Congo and M23 rebel group to hold peace talks

Rwanda-backed rebels take more towns as they expand control after seizing east Congo’s largest city The government of Congo will hold peace talks next week in Angola with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel

March 16, 2025

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Southern African bloc ends military mission in DR Congo

The SADC mission that has suffered losses this year will conduct a ‘phased withdrawal’ of its troops The Southern African regional bloc has said it will conclude its troop deployment

March 16, 2025

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