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Congo tries to slow the assault of Rwanda-backed rebels amid reports of dead bodies in the streets
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congolese security forces on Tuesday tried to slow the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels ... looting and bodies in the streets. The officials said hospitals are overwhelmed ...
Residents in Goma struggling for basics
Rwanda-backed rebels captured a key eastern Congo city just over a month ago. Residents in Goma, which was once a critical ...
Los Angeles Times27d
Rwanda-backed rebels advance and Congolese forces retreat from eastern Congo’s second largest city
Most people waited in their homes, shocked as corpses burned to ash lay strewn in the streets — casualties ... by about 4,000 troops from neighboring Rwanda, is the most prominent of more ...
The New Times on MSN2d
Rwanda and critical minerals: An expert’s view on resources, origins, future
Digne Rwabuhungu, a geologist who heads the school of mining and geology at the University of Rwanda (UR) has debunked claims that Rwanda doesn’t have minerals by revealing how surveys from the 1930s ...
The Economist23d
Rwanda tightens its grip over eastern Congo
On February 16th soldiers from M23 marched single-file through the streets of Bukavu ... triumphant selfies in the city’s main square. Rwanda, which has a territory 1/90th of Congo’s, now ...
The Street Journal9d
Much at stake in cycling World Championships in Rwanda
Our cyclists are standing with people on the street, they talk to people who they never would have talked to before. Sport can build bridges.” End of cycling in Africa Despite the positive impact of ...