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Heavy fighting erupts near Congo-Uganda border

Kinshasa, AP—Heavy fighting erupted on Wednesday as the Congolese army attacked one of the last remaining strongholds of the M23 rebels near the Ugandan border, forcing more than 10,000 Congolese to flee into Uganda, officials and humanitarian workers said. Among...
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A Congolese government tank prepares to deploy for fighting against M23 rebels, at an operating base in Kanyaruchinya, north of Goma, eastern Congo, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Joseph Kay)


UN helicopters fire on M23 rebels in east Congo

UN helicopters fire on M23 rebels in east Congo

Kinshasha, AP—United Nations helicopters fired on rebels fighting Congolese troops just outside a city of nearly 1 million people in eastern Congo on Wednesday, ratcheting up the UN’s role in Congo’s current conflict, officials said. The fighting began...
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A refugee family from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) walks on July 13, 2013 at the Busunga border in western Uganda. Source: AFP Photo/Isaac Kasamani


60,000 Congolese flee to Uganda after rebel attack

60,000 Congolese flee to Uganda after rebel attack

Kampala, AP—More than 60,000 Congolese have fled to Uganda after a rebel attack on a town near the border in a continuing influx that is stretching humanitarian capacities, an aid group said Sunday. The Uganda Red Cross has already registered 41,000 refugees and that...
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Vitaly Churkin (L), President of the Security Council for March, chairs the Security Council meeting on the situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in New York, March 28, 2013 (UN Photo/JC McIlwaine)


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Fugitive Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda talks on his mobile phone at his office in Goma, April 4, 2009. Source: REUTERS/Paul Harera


US Working Out What To Do With Congo ICC Suspect

US Working Out What To Do With Congo ICC Suspect

Kigali, Reuters—The US embassy in Rwanda was working out on Tuesday what to do with a Congolese warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court, a day after Bosco Ntaganda walked off the street and turned himself in to face war crimes charges. Ntaganda stunned US...