DR Congo: What you need to know about the conflict
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has a wealth of natural resources, including metals and minerals such as gold, tin and coltan, essential for manufacturing mobile phones and batteries for electric ...
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Decoding The DRC Crisis: The M23 Rebellion And Its Historical Roots
This week, the town of Goma in the Eastern DRC was captured by the rebel group M23, fully supported by Rwanda. First, it is important to make it clear that the cataclysmic life of the post ...
Voice of America6d
UN decries sexual violence as weapon of war in DRC
“Conflict-related sexual violence has been an appalling feature of armed conflict in eastern DRC for decades,” said Jeremy Laurence, spokesperson for U.N. human rights chief Volker Tür ...
CNN6d
UN says more than 700 killed in just five days of fighting in DR Congo
More than 700 people have been killed and 2,800 injured in just five days since fighting escalated in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between January 26-30, UN Secretary-General ...
Conflict Intensifies in DR Congo, as M23 Rebels Take Over Key City
Eastern DR Congo faces conflict fueled by ethnic tensions and mineral wealth. M23 rebels, supported by Rwanda, took control ...
Business Daily Africa10d
DRC’s never-ending war is a scorn at Africa’s sovereignty and unity
Curious, I opened the attachment. It was a photo of some of the carnage in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – to be precise, the photo of corpses of those killed in the DRC’s never ...
U.S. News & World Report8d
Trump Says Crisis Between Rwanda and DRC Is a 'Very Serious Problem'
Trump Says Crisis Between Rwanda and DRC Is a 'Very Serious Problem' (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday described the crisis between Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo as a ...