DR Congo agrees to hold peace talks with rebels
Angola announced last week that it will begin mediating direct ceasefire negotiations between the militants and DR Congo officials on March 18. “At this stage, we can’t say who will make up the delegation,” Tina Salama, spokesperson at the DR Congo presidency said, according to Reuters.
M23 rebels advance further in eastern DR Congo ahead of peace talks
The M23 rebels on Monday continued their offensive in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ahead of direct peace talks with the Congolese government in Angola, according to local media. The fighting approached the territorial capital of Walikale in the eastern province of North Kivu, Congolese news website Actualite reported.
EU sanctions Rwandan officials ahead of Eastern DR Congo peace talks
The UN and international powers accuse Rwanda of providing arms and sending soldiers to fight with the M23 rebels.
Congo says it will participate in peace talks with M23 rebels
Congo’s government says it will participate in peace talks in Angola with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group that has captured key areas of Congo’s mineral-rich east
Congo M23 rebels to attend Angola peace talks
(Reuters) -Rwandan-backed M23 rebels said on Monday they would send a delegation to peace talks with Democratic Republic of Congo's government expected to begin on Tuesday in Angola's capital. The five-member delegation is expected to leave for Luanda on Monday for dialogue at the request of Angolan authorities,
Congo Says It Will Join Peace Talks With Rwandan-Backed Rebels on Tuesday
Democratic Republic of Congo will send a delegation to Angola on Tuesday for talks aiming to resolve a spiralling conflict against Rwandan-backed rebels in the east, the presidency said on Sunday. Angola said last week that direct peace talks between Congo and M23 rebels would begin in the Angolan capital Luanda on March 18.
DRC to join peace talks with Rwandan-backed M23 rebels; US expels SA ambassador
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) would send a delegation to Angola on Tuesday for talks aiming to resolve a spiralling conflict against the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in the east, said the presidency on Sunday.
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Continued conflict in the DRC is fueling a deteriorating health crisis, alarming cholera outbreak, warns the IRC
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is deeply concerned by the catastrophic deterioration of health services and humanitarian conditions, including an alarming cholera outbreak in North and South ...
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Belgian diplomats have 48 hours to leave Rwanda
Serious diplomatic incident between Rwanda and Belgium. Kigali has informed Brussels that Rwanda is severing its diplomatic ...
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EU Sanctions Stir Controversy in Congo Conflict
The European Union has imposed sanctions on nine individuals linked to violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Those targeted include key military figures and political leaders, such as ...
Islamic State-linked rebels in fresh attack in eastern Congo kill 9 villagers
Islamic State-linked rebels have killed at least nine villagers in an attack in Congo’s conflict-battered east.
A tinderbox conflict in Congo is ready to explode
A conflict that has simmered in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern borderlands for years is set to erupt into a wider ...
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Eastern DRC: The impossible death toll of the battle for Goma
More than a month after rebels captured Goma, the capital of DRC’s North Kivu province, humanitarian workers dispute the UN’s ...
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DR Congo crisis: Canadian firm with world’s largest tin mine suspends operations
Alphamin Resources Corp., a Canadian company running the largest cassiterite mine in the world in the eastern DR Congo, has temporarily suspended operations at its Bisie mine in Walikale territory of ...