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Africa
5/4/2025 7:37:51 PM
The withdrawal of South African peacekeepers deployed to the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), along with their military equipment, has begun, South African Minister of Defense and Military Veterans Angie Motshekga announced on Sunday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
4/26/2025 4:11:19 PM
Egypt has welcomed the signing of a Declaration of Principles between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda in Washington DC, aimed at achieving peace, stability, and economic development in eastern Congo.
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World
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Africa
4/2/2025 4:56:54 PM
Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi has commuted the death sentences of three Americans convicted on charges of participating in a botched coup attempt in the country’s capital Kinshasa last year, an official said Wednesday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/27/2025 11:06:29 PM
Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty discussed the latest developments in the ongoing crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Thursday in a phone call with his Congolese counterpart, Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner.
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World
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Africa
3/24/2025 5:59:43 PM
The leader of the rebels who captured two key cities in eastern Congo says international sanctions and the planned minerals deal that the country has offered the U.S. will not stop the fighting between their members and Congolese forces in the hard-hit region.
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World
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Africa
3/19/2025 1:47:48 PM
The presidents of Rwanda and DR Congo have expressed their support for a ceasefire after holding surprise talks in Qatar, hours after peace talks in Angola failed.
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World
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Africa
3/17/2025 9:16:25 PM
The Rwanda-backed M23 group said it would not attend Tuesday's peace talks with the DR Congo government in the Angolan capital Luanda following EU sanctions on some of its top brass.
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World
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Africa
3/17/2025 2:59:06 PM
The European Union imposed sanctions on Monday on three senior Rwandan military commanders and the head of Kigali's state mining agency over the offensive by M23 fighters in the DR Congo.
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World
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Africa
3/16/2025 5:46:04 PM
Rwanda-backed armed group M23 on Sunday accused the Democratic Republic of Congo's government, which it has been fighting in the country's east, of attempting to "torpedo" direct talks scheduled in Angola.
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World
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Africa
3/3/2025 10:50:10 PM
M23 fighters have abducted at least 130 people from hospitals in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's city of Goma captured by the Rwandan-backed group, the United Nations said on Monday.
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World
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Africa
2/25/2025 5:32:39 PM
African countries appointed a trio of ex-leaders to oversee a push for peace in eastern DR Congo while an International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor arrived Tuesday to investigate the upsurge in violence.
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World
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Africa
2/25/2025 1:41:47 PM
The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) Karim Khan has arrived in the DR Congo, his office said Tuesday, as the country grapples with an upsurge in fighting in the east.
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World
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Africa
2/24/2025 6:36:18 PM
More than 7,000 people have died this year as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured unprecedented amounts of territory in mineral-rich eastern Congo, Congo's prime minister said Monday.
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World
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Africa
2/19/2025 9:00:19 PM
Countries bordering the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo sought to shore up defences on Wednesday as violence spreads through the region, with Burundi forced to pull back troops and Uganda securing a key city.
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World
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Africa
2/17/2025 9:28:45 PM
Rwanda-backed rebels tightened their grip on Bukavu on Monday, a day after seizing the second major city in eastern Congo whose residents appeared resigned to their fate under the new rulers.
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World
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Africa
2/15/2025 8:05:16 PM
Panic swept through eastern Congo’s second-largest city on Saturday as residents fled by the thousands, scrambling to escape the looming advance of Rwanda-backed rebels.
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World
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Africa
2/12/2025 9:19:52 PM
A dramatic escalation of the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and swingeing US humanitarian aid cuts are set to dominate an African Union summit this week, overshadowing the election of its new chairman.
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World
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Africa
2/11/2025 3:37:38 PM
Fighting erupted Tuesday in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after a two-day lull, with Rwanda-backed M23 fighters attacking positions of the Congolese armed forces in South Kivu province at dawn, local and security sources told AFP.
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World
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Africa
2/10/2025 9:17:15 PM
Eastern DR Congo appeared calm for a second day Monday, after regional powers appealed for a ceasefire amid fears the fighting could spark a wider conflict.
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World
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Africa
2/5/2025 6:41:17 PM
Rwandan-backed rebels gained ground in eastern Congo on Wednesday despite the unilateral ceasefire they declared earlier this week, taking control of a city 60 miles (96 kilometres) from the provincial capital of Bukavu, civil society officials and residents told The Associated Press.
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