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Burundi’s army is withdrawing from DR Congo, four sources say

admin | February 18, 2025

By Reuters Burundian soldiers, who have been fighting Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, were pulling out following the fall of the city of Bukavu, four sources, including a Burundian army officer and two U.N. officials, said on Tuesday. M23 seized Goma, the biggest city in eastern […]

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Rwanda accuses Congo of planning large attack

admin | February 7, 2025

By Reuters Rwanda said on Friday it had proof of an intended major attack by the Democratic Republic of Congo and denied it was fomenting conflict inside its neighbour’s border. Kigali and Kinshasa blame each other for renewed instability in east Congo, where Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized the regional […]

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Ceasefire in east Congo appears to crumble as rebels take another town

admin | February 6, 2025

By Reuters Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized control of a mining town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province, eight sources said on Wednesday, in an apparent violation of a unilateral ceasefire they declared this week. The capture of Nyabibwe on Lake Kivu takes the rebels a step […]

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Congo demands international sanctions ‘to stop Rwanda’

admin | February 4, 2025

By Reuters The international community must take concrete action and impose sanctions on Rwanda to curb the M23 rebel conflict in eastern Congo and keep the peace in the wider region, Congo’s communications minister told Reuters on Monday. An ongoing escalation has displaced around half a million more people and […]

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Rwanda begins Marburg vaccinations to curb deadly outbreak

admin | October 6, 2024

BY REUTERS Rwanda said on Sunday it had begun administering vaccine doses against the Marburg virus to try to combat an outbreak of the Ebola-like disease in the east African country, where it has so far killed 12 people. “The vaccination is starting today immediately,” Health Minister Sabin Nsanzimana said […]