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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
2/7/2025 3:37:20 PM
A laboratory holding Ebola and other dangerous pathogens in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma -- which has been seized by the M23 armed group -- is safe, WHO said Friday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/5/2025 10:31:00 PM
Egypt's National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) has called on the UN Security Council (UNSC) to adopt a resolution classifying recent proposals by President Donald Trump for the US seize Gaza and transfer the native Palestinian population to build a Middle Eastern Riviera — as a threat to international peace and security.
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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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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
2/4/2025 5:55:09 PM
Iran’s presence in the Eastern Mediterranean has been dealt a powerful blow as a result of changing conditions in the region, writes
Tarek Osman
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World
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Africa
2/3/2025 9:54:46 PM
Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame will attend a summit on Saturday on the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where a Rwanda-backed armed group is advancing.
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World
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Africa
1/30/2025 12:02:23 PM
Rwandan President Paul Kagame said Thursday that South African troops had no place in the eastern DR Congo battlefield, adding he was ready to "deal" with any confrontation from Pretoria.
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World
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War in Ukraine
1/30/2025 10:25:15 AM
A Russian drone attack that targeted cities across Ukraine killed at least four people in a Soviet-era residential block in the eastern city of Sumy, the interior ministry said.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
1/29/2025 4:04:23 PM
Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs established an operations room to track the situation of Egyptian citizens in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as unrest and security instability escalate.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
1/28/2025 5:25:37 PM
Egypt is following with deep concern the recent developments in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which have exacerbated the humanitarian and security situation in the area.
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World
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Africa
1/27/2025 2:01:53 PM
Rwanda-backed rebels claimed they captured eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, early Monday, as the United Nations described a mass panic among its 2 million people and Congo’s government said the rebel advance was a “declaration of war."
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World
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Africa
1/27/2025 11:38:36 AM
Residents in eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, woke up on Monday morning afraid and uncertain about who was in control of the area after Rwanda-backed rebels claimed to have captured the city, as their fight with Congolese security forces escalated in recent days in one of Africa’s longest wars.
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World
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Africa
1/26/2025 6:51:55 PM
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged Rwanda to withdraw its forces from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where fierce fighting raged as Kigali-backed fighters closed in on the major city of Goma.
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World
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Africa
1/22/2025 9:30:01 PM
The M23 rebel group's advance toward eastern Congo's largest city has displaced over 178,000 people in the past two weeks, the United Nations said, as the fighters closed in on Goma on the border with Rwanda.
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Business
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Economy
1/20/2025 6:10:57 PM
Egypt has secured the largest share of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) investment in the southern and eastern Mediterranean (SEMED) region for the seventh consecutive year, with nearly 1.5 billion euros across 26 projects.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
1/14/2025 5:04:28 PM
Six changes are underway in the Arab world that raise important questions about their meaning and the future of the region, writes Tarek Osman
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World
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Africa
1/13/2025 2:07:07 PM
Several towns that fell to armed groups in eastern Congo’s North Kivu and South Kivu provinces have been recaptured by government forces, a Congolese army spokesman said, even as the rebels have made advances in other areas amid intensified fighting in the conflict-battered region.
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World
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International
1/12/2025 1:23:50 PM
The toll from a collision of two trams in Strasbourg has risen to 68 injured in a rare accident that sowed panic near the eastern French city's main train station, authorities said Sunday.
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World
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International
12/31/2024 4:51:04 PM
Romania and Bulgaria will become full members of the Schengen zone on Wednesday, expanding the borderless area to 29 members and ending a 13-year wait for the two eastern European countries.
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