Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seize second major city in Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Congo River Alliance, a group of rebel outfits including the Rwandan-backed M23, said its fighters "decided to assist the ...
Rwanda-backed rebels reach the center of east Congo’s 2nd major city in an unprecedented expansion
Rwanda-backed rebels have reached the center of east Congo’s second-largest city, Bukavu, and taken control of the South Kivu province administrative office ...
Why have Rwanda-backed rebels seized two Congolese cities and is there an end in sight?
Rwanda-backed rebels have captured two key cities in Congo’s mineral-rich east in less than a month after a major escalation ...
UN human rights chief accuses Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern DR Congo of killing and recruiting children
The UN human rights chief accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...
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As the DRC battles Rwanda-backed M23, what’s needed to stop the fighting?
Analysts weigh in on Rwanda’s role in the conflict in DRC, whether minerals are a factor and if diplomacy can succeed.
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Rwanda-backed rebels reach the center of east Congo’s 2nd major city in an unprecedented expansion
M23 says it is defending ethnic Tutsis in Congo. Rwanda has claimed the Tutsis are being persecuted by Hutus and former militias responsible for the 1994 genocide of 800,000 Tutsis and others in ...
UN human rights chief accuses Rwanda-backed rebels in east Congo of killing and recruiting children
The U.N. human rights chief has accused Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a second major city in eastern Congo of killing ...
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Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claim to have seized second airport in Democratic Republic of Congo
Rwanda's government has framed the conflict as the defence of ethnic Tutsis in eastern DRC from ethnic Hutu forces linked to the genocide in Rwanda three decades ago. Around 800,000 Tutsis ...
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Rwanda: Global Double Standards Are Existential Threats to Tutsi in Great Lakes Region
For the genocidaire--whether local, regional, or international--the right to exist, to belong, and to defend oneself is no longer determined by law or common morality but by ethnic identity and ...